By GREGORY ZELLER // The world’s smallest defibrillator lead is now in play at Northwell Health. Cardiologists at North Shore University Hospital’s Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital have implanted the…
By DEBORAH MAYO // In communities across New York, people living with anxiety, depression and other serious mental health conditions navigate a healthcare system that isn’t keeping up with their…
Comfort zone: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and another beautiful Summer day here on Long Island. Yes, we Islanders are quite comfortable as we hurdle the hump with moderate…
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Long Island is on the front lines of the battle between the federal government and New York State over Trump 2.0’s aggressive pursuit of government…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another round? Maybe not, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll. Released this week, the poll reports that a majority of…
By BRAD CARLSON // If the history of product development has one universal truth, it’s this: It’s never easy. The most successful products, of course, follow a simple return-on-investment formula:…
By TERRY LYNAM // Keeping track of the Trump Administration’s head-spinning budget cuts and layoffs has been tough, but one thing is clear: They could have a staggering impact on…
As Stony Brook University’s first-ever chief innovation officer, Michael Kinch holds a uniquely influential position in one of the region’s biggest and busiest commercialization operations. Wielding an impressive résumé…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health is showing some real spine. Literally. The New Hyde Park-based health system has become the first in New York State to employ the Teligen…
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island endures another windy deluge (at least it’s not snow!) and we continue,…
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Get ready, Long Island, for the impacts of the Supreme Court’s precedent-changing Loper Bright decision. The decision abandoned the court’s own Chevron doctrine, which stems…
By TERRY LYNAM // With obesity rates surging across the nation and millions struggling with eating disorders, it’s clear that Americans have a very complicated relationship with food. There are…
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Ask 10 people if marijuana is addictive and you’ll get 10 different answers. Perhaps that’s why recent news of an experimental pill to effectively treat marijuana…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Weighty issues abound in the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine poll, which pounds home heavy physiological and psychological truths about weight loss. At…
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Fentanyl can be 100 times more powerful than heroin and it killed more than 71,00 Americans in 2021, but another drug now sweeping the nation might…