Sandra Lindsay, a Jamaican-born nurse at Northwell Health/Queens was the first person in the US to be given a COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 14, 2020. Photo: Northwell Health Experts are still trying to figure out “Long Covid” even as worst of Epidemic Passes In the beginning, on February 10, 2020 to be exact, then President Donald Trump boldly predicted that COVID-19 would be “miraculously... News 26 Mar 2023 | 09:55
A fully developed healthy adult human brain that only weighs about 3 pounds, efficiently converts nearly 20 percent of all the calories you consume each day to the energy that maintains management of your entire body. Pleasuring the Palate while Powering the Brain You missed two weeks, but there’s still time to get it right. Nutrition, that is. March is National Nutrition Month, 31 days... News 20 Mar 2023 | 11:27
As the spring and summer approaches, masks may still be a good idea for allergy sufferers. Photo: Miguel Discart, Wikipedia Commons ( Miguel Discart) Wait, Stop! Don’t Toss Those Masks Just Yet You know that pile of pandemic masks you were about to toss in the trash? Don’t! Multiple studies have proven the value of... News 17 Feb 2023 | 05:16
Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins may have sung that a “spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” but soon in this town a new bill introduced by Keith Powers may make chain stores carry warning labels that too much sugar is very bad for your health. Photo: Walt Disney Records Councilman Powers Takes on Sugar with Sweet Truth Act Pop Quiz: What do you and some fast-moving bacteria have in common? Surprise answer: A taste for sweets. Sugar isn’t just... News 10 Feb 2023 | 01:40
NYU Langone ranks as the number 1 hospital in the New York metro area and number three nationally in the prestigious Best Hospitals annual issue of US News & World Report. Photo Lynn Saville NYU Langone ( Lynn Saville) NYC Hospitals Score High in National Rankings by USN&WR Ask any hospital patient what most annoys him and assuming he’s sure his doctor knows what to do the answer is likely to... News 05 Feb 2023 | 07:31
If you dine while the sun is still shining, your waist line will thank you in the morning. After 9 pm dining not good, the experts say because it throws off your circadian rhythm. Counting Calories? Eating Late Affects Your Weight and Your Circadian Rhythm Do you share you home with a cat or dog? Then you’re also likely to share your bed with them around 4 a.m. when they nuzzle... News 02 Feb 2023 | 10:44
Cold and Flu Season is here, and there’s a few things to do to make it less miserable. Photo: Master1035 Freepik How to Beat the Common Cold Achoo! Got a cold? You’re not alone. Your eyes may be the window to your soul but your nose is a door to the rest of your... Home 06 Jan 2023 | 02:39
Telemedicine has become everyday normal for patients since COVID. Happy New (Medical) Year Track the history of medicine from leeches to MRNA vaccines, and you will find yourself on a steadily inventive path that... News 29 Dec 2022 | 10:33
Alan Alda as Hawkeye and Jamie Farr as Klinger in “M.A.S.H.” Photo: CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Pleasing Prescriptions Are you a serious M*A*S*H fan? If so, you’re likely to remember either the live or repeatedly re-run Season 6 Episode 25... News 16 Dec 2022 | 03:02
Image by prostooleh on Freepik Faithful Friends When is Fido more than a friend? According to the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), when he’s working to “perform... News 02 Dec 2022 | 03:16
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine administered at NYU Langone Health in Manhattan, December 14, 2020. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The COVID Scoreboard What a difference three years make. On January 21, 2019, when the first U.S. case of COVID 19 was confirmed, we knew literally... News 18 Nov 2022 | 10:37
Keeping Candles on the Cake Happy Birthday. It took a whole lot of work and time to get here but now that you or your partner, friend, sister, brother,... News 02 Oct 2022 | 09:26
Cover of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” Photo via Amazon.com Picking Perfect Parts Who’s an animal? Who’s got rights? No, those are not trick questions. They are ones medical people are striving to clarify.... News 21 Sep 2022 | 01:09
A post-Paxlovid positive home test. Photo: Michael Oreskes COVID Times Two Here’s the story: You catch COVID, or, more accurately, COVID catches you. Luckily, it’s happening now rather than two years... News 26 Aug 2022 | 08:56
Maintaining Mental Muscles No question: Working out builds biceps. Will it also build muscles in the brain? Or more precisely, enhance the connections... News 12 Aug 2022 | 12:39
