The AMA declares obesity a disease
While obesity has been thought of as a chronic disease by some, until recently, it was not officially recognized as such. Obesity impairs body...
CSH’s Stephen Shea studies the brain’s ‘blue place’
Something called “the blue place” has a role in how people react to the world, to their balance and even to how they feel....
Rheumatoid arthritis update
Rheumatoid arthritis is a complicated autoimmune disease to manage, especially in the more advanced stages. It is important that we stay abreast of the...
SBU’s Shan He and team work with nanotechnology
Shan He’s friend threw out his mattress and bought a new one. That didn’t solve his problem. A few weeks later, the bedbugs in...
Chronic heart failure: treatment and prevention
Heart attacks and heart disease get a lot of attention, but chronic heart failure is something that tends to be overlooked by the press....
Mystery Solved
Okay, so I am not crazy. Well, I am, but not when it comes to my conspiracy theories about the sudden and suspicious disappearance...
Dad: Our king among women
A dad is a funny thing.
But not as funny as he thinks he is.
Especially, it seems, when he is in a house full of...
BNL’s Gianluigi De Geronimo and integrated circuits
Growing up in Catania, Sicily, Gianluigi De Geronimo caught the bug from his engineer grandfather Giuseppe Nicotra, who was a structural engineer, and his...
Sodium: the newest chapter in the controversy
Sodium is once again mired in controversy. The Institute of Medicine recently released a report that questioned the levels to which Americans should reduce...
Thanking the teachers in our lives
Color-coordinated shirts for field day? Check. Watermelon, bubbles and chalk for class party? Check. Graduation party invites? Check. Teacher gifts? Teacher gifts....
Still trying to...
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