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...
Living a life of extremes: Lisa Miller of BNL
Lisa Miller lives a life of extremes. At work, she looks inside brain and bone cells through some of the highest-tech equipment in the...
Proton pump inhibitors: a mixed bag
Last week I wrote that proton pump inhibitors and H2 blockers are two mainstays of medical treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Since GERD affects...
Knowledge for the sake of knowledge: Gene Van Buren
Some people like slamming things together, whether it’s a young child sitting on a floor crashing two matchbox cars into each other or an...
Options for managing GERD, reflux disease
It seems like almost everyone is diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease, or at least it did in the last few weeks in my practice....
Dr. Adrian Krainer: working to cure spinal muscular atrophy
When their son Dylan was under a year old, Debbie and Ron Cuevas noticed he couldn’t support his head and had trouble rolling over....
Migraine prevention is the second part of the puzzle
In last week’s article, I talked about treatment of the acute (sudden or rapid onset) migraine. Treatment, however, is only one part of the...
Management of migraines can be challenging
Migraines are a debilitating disorder. Symptoms typically include nausea, photophobia and phonophobia — sensitivity to light and sound, respectively. The corresponding headache usually is...
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