Narcan initiative to combat overdoses shows early promise
Jeff Reynolds recently attended a funeral in Huntington for a young woman, a heroin addict who had gotten clean but died of an overdose...
Does exercise live up to our expectations?
I am inspired by the 30th Olympiad to discuss the implications of exercise. It would be nice if we could all be in the...
A calorie is a calorie, right? Well, not so fast!
The hotly debated topic about the importance of diet type was in the news recently. In terms of weight loss, a calorie may be...
Researchers find CFL bulbs can leak UV radiation
Miriam Rafailovich was concerned when she walked into her neighbor’s house. Her friends were putting together a jigsaw puzzle and had brought over a...
SBU’s Joshua Rest studies a unique parasitic plant
They’re a member of a group that includes some of the world’s best thieves. They’re so good at stealing that they don’t make or...
Menopause symptoms and the treatment options
Menopause is a physiologic process that affects all women, not a pathologic or disease-based one. The problem is that vasomotor symptoms, such as hot...
SBU’s Tim Glotch works to understand how Mars evolved
Tim Glotch has his head high above the clouds, but his wife, Deanne Rogers doesn’t mind — she does too. An associate professor in...
Lack of adoptions holding up Port Jeff cat rescue
Erica Kutzing has already pulled 15 cats from a condemned house and its surrounding property on Oakwood Road in Port Jefferson, but she said...
Glaucoma treatment and prevention
Glaucoma is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, behind cataracts. It is neurodegenerative (deterioration of the optic nerve) with increased intraocular pressure...
Local family has a passion for ink
When Ariel Padilla told his parents he was going to open a tattoo shop, they gave him two years to succeed. If he didn’t,...
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