The perils of dehydration can be mild or serious
Dehydration is a topic that is often overlooked or is given only cursory thought, but it’s very important. Dehydration is simple to avoid, right?...
Thomas Cubaud of SBU and microfluidics
As a child in France, Thomas Cubaud grew up watching rivers, waves in the ocean, tides, and even the vortex that formed as bathwater...
Alcohol: weighing the risks versus the benefits
There is much confusion over whether alcohol is beneficial or detrimental to your health. The short answer is: It depends on your circumstances, including...
Alea Mills studies genes to understand autism
One Sunday in the fall of 2010, Alea Mills needed a break from one of her more mundane jobs — writing proposals to get...
The dangers of the quick fix in medicine
There may be drugs that help prevent disease. As physicians, we want to do what is best and right — and easiest — for...
Tom Butcher of BNL and the high cost of energy
Tom Butcher doesn’t just stand around at the water cooler and complain every time he gets a heating oil bill — he’s doing something...
Do the drugs known as statins get an unfair rap?
When statins were developed and approved, they were thought to be a drug class with a very clean side-effect profile. They are among the...
Painter depicts neighborhood in days past
Louise Brett often paints and draws scenes from the past — a horse walking through the Belle Terre gate, ships in Port Jefferson Harbor,...
Seven highly effective habits for preventing heart disease
What if I told you that you could practically eliminate your chances of getting heart disease? I was at a Harvard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital...
Heart attacks and women: there is a difference
A heart attack is a heart attack, right? Not necessarily. All heart attacks cause infarction (death of heart tissue/muscle), but in terms of severity...
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