Lawyers, drugs, money: The Alzheimer’s War continues
By TERRY LYNAM // My mother has been dead for almost three years, but I still think of her often, particularly when I read the steady stream of new developments…
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No. 787: Stocking the lab, nominating a pioneer and hitting the fairway – with shrimp on the barbie, mate
Sunny disposition: Mind the glare, dear readers – it’s Wednesday already, and we’re blazing into the back half of this sunny springtime work-sprint. It’s been a sun-drenched stretch here…
Lots left to debate, but AI’s already changing medicine
By TERRY LYNAM // Debates rage across all economic sectors over the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, and its growing influence on our lives. When it comes to AI…
No. 773: Bracing for trouble, cleaning the local water and remembering Ron, with Captain Kirk in command
History in the making, one way or the other: Welcome to what promises to be a big day in the annals of American justice and politics, and a monumental…
Healthcare CEOs bring leadership to national gun fight
By TERRY LYNAM // Given the inability (or unwillingness) of our elected leaders to further strengthen the nation’s gun-safety laws, healthcare leaders from across the country are stepping up to…
No. 768: Narcan stations, future neurosurgeons and AT&T arrive (no bologna, though we do have some)
Snow thanks: Welcome to the first Friday of March, dear readers, as we wrap up another busy workweek and tee up the third-to-last weekend of the Winter That Winter…
Revaluing U.S. prosperity, after eye-opening voyage
By TERRY LYNAM // Awestruck by natural beauty. Amazed by racial, ethnic and religious diversity. Shocked by living conditions. Thankful to be an American. Those are my biggest takeaways after…
No. 759: Freedom rings, SCOTUS convenes and the LIA goes to the movies, with our fingerprints all over it
Winter is here, kinda: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, as another mild workweek rolls by in Long Island’s Winter That Winter Forgot. Sure, sure, 18 snowflakes fell across the…
No. 747: Christmas cometh – but first, Alabama arrives, Queens cleans up nice and bikers gang up for good
Tick tock challenge: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, and not to pressure you or anything, but the clock is ticking – now just 10 shopping days until Christmas,…
Great hope in electroceuticals, and a frustrating pace
By TERRY LYNAM // Kelly Owens is the posterchild for bioelectronic medicine. Bioelectronics is a rapidly emerging medical field wherein precise electrical stimulation is used to diagnose and treat chronic…
No. 735: Theater upgrades, Doonesbury and a little bit of chicken fried – and somebody save Pat Sajak!
Stay cool: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of a freakishly warm autumnal workweek. The thermometer might say spring, but the calendar says fall – and so…
As kids’ psychological struggles mount, forces unite
By TERRY LYNAM // The mental health of America’s kids was a concern long before COVID-19 upended society, so no one should be surprised by a new government study showing…
No. 723: On lighthouses, tiny STEM grants and huge debt – plus sandwiches, whatever the heck you call them
Summer’s swan song: Wednesday already, dear readers! This last full workweek of the Summer of 2022 is flying by, with the weekend – and next week’s autumnal equinox –…
As U.S. life expectancy falls, mental-health focus rises
By TERRY LYNAM // With COVID-19 claiming more than 1 million U.S. lives in the past 36 months and drug overdoses killing another 107,000 Americans in 2021 alone, it’s no…
Without gov’t oversight, who watches the pushers?
By TERRY LYNAM // Most people have a negative instinctive reaction to government bureaucracy and regulatory mandates, often viewed as excessively burdensome micromanagement. Many are inarguably flawed – but regulatory…