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Study: 9/11 Responders Have Higher Cancer Risk
Among nearly 21,000 rescue and recovery workers, the overall cancer rate is 15 percent higher than the general population, according to a new study.
New York City Proposing Raising Age For Tobacco Purchases To 21
On Monday it was personal. Queens Councilman James Gennaro teared up as he joined Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Health Commissioner Thomas Farley to sponsor a bill to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in New York City.
Stories From Main Street: Yonkers Mom Tries To Help Others After Son’s Autism Recovery
An unusual and wonderful development for one Yonkers mother has led to her to try and seek out other mothers who need the help she didn’t have.
DA: Long Island Woman Faked Having Cancer To Get Money For Drugs
Under the heading “Help Save My Life,” prosecutors said Brittany Ozarowski posted pictures of herself sitting in a wheelchair on a website saying she had “few options left.”
Queens Teen Hopes To Become Leukemia And Lymphoma Society’s Youngest Woman Of The Year
At just 15-years-old, Lisette Watters of South Ozone Park has already spent more than a decade helping in the battle against leukemia.
$6.5 Million Awarded In Death At Danbury Hospital
A Connecticut jury awarded $6.5 million Thursday to the family of a man whose death at Danbury Hospital was blamed on excessive sodium, his attorneys said.
Fact Check Friday: Bloomberg’s Whopper
“For the first time in the history of the world, more people will die from over-eating than under-eating this year,” Bloomberg said. Was the mayor telling truth or serving up a whopper?
St. Sen. Ed Meyer: Connecticut Assisted Suicide Bill To Fail
It looks like Connecticut won’t become the fourth state in the country to allow assisted suicide, at least not this year.
Officials: Pesticides In Long Island Water Pose No Known Health Threat
Increasing trace amounts of pesticides are showing up in the drinking water on Long Island, but despite calls for a pesticide ban, public officials denied Tuesday that there is any health threat.
Study: Mental Health Problems Afflict About 1 In 5 New York City Kids
About one in five preteens in New York City struggles with mental illness or emotional problems, according to a new study.
Long Island Voters Deciding On Controversial School Sale Today
The plan is to sell the vacant Number Six School in Woodmere for $12.5 million to a group that wants to convert it to an outpatient medical center.
Hudson County, Several Towns Enact Smoking Bans To Mixed Reaction
Smoking bans were enacted in several parts of Hudson and Bergen Counties this week and the reaction has been mixed.
Not So Fast! Judge Halts New York City’s Super-Sized Sugary Drink Ban
New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling ruled Monday that the city may not enforce the new regulation, which would have put a 16-ounce limit on sugary drinks — both bottled and fountain.
5 Ways To Beat The Exhaustion Epidemic
Do you know anyone who doesn’t want or need more energy? If you’re feeling tired and stressed out — you’re not alone.
Christie To Tour Facility For Disabled As He Pushes For Group Homes
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will today tour The Arc, a facility for the developmentally disabled in North Brunswick, as he pushes to close institutions in favor of group homes.
