Highlights
Beginnings: On June 10, 1664, agents of the new plantation at Setauket, bought all the Indian land east of Port Jefferson Harbor as far as Wading River. That included what was to become Mount Sinai. Much of this purchase was known by the peculiar name "Old Man's.'' Historians trace the name to a Capt. John Scott, a known scoundrel who in the mid-18th Century apparently had duped an elderly retired English Army officer, Maj. Daniel Gotherson, into giving him a large amount of money to buy land near Long Island Sound. The buy was not officially recognized, Scott fled and people would allude to the property Gotherson thought he owned as "the old man's.''
Photo: A bit of Mt. Sinai Harbor (P...
Photo: A bit of Mt. Sinai Harbor (P...
Beginnings: On June 10, 1664, agents of the new plantation at Setauket, bought all the Indian land east of Port Jefferson Harbor as far as Wading River. That included what was to become Mount Sinai. Much of this purchase was known by the peculiar name "Old Man's.'' Historians trace the name to a Capt. John Scott, a known scoundrel who in the mid-18th Century apparently had duped an elderly retired English Army officer, Maj. Daniel Gotherson, into giving him a large amount of money to buy land near Long Island Sound. The buy was not officially recognized, Scott fled and people would allude to the property Gotherson thought he owned as "the old man's.''
Photo: A bit of Mt. Sinai Harbor (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: A bit of Mt. Sinai Harbor (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
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PTSD may be prevented, researchers find
Experts estimate that up to 20% of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition that can be stubbornly difficult to treat. But what if PTSD could have been prevented in the first place?...
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Toxic Chemicals Bill Needed To Protect Children
The Hartford CourantA bill that would provide protection to young children against toxic chemicals — both before and after birth — was unfortunately bottled up in the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee last week but should be revived by amendment...Tags: BPA Contamination and Investigations, Arts and Culture, Culture, Family, Diabetes
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Doctors order fewer tests when they know prices: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors order fewer laboratory tests during a patient's hospital stay if they know how much the tests cost, according to a new study. Researchers found that doctors at one U.S. hospital ordered about 9 percent fewer lab...Tags: Medical Specialization, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research, Johns Hopkins University
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Hoag honored as 'Great Hospital'
Hoag Hospital has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's annual list of the "100 Great Hospitals in America." Established in 1952, the Newport Beach-based 579-bed hospital was the only Orange County facility to join leading academic medical centers,...Tags: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Parent Organizations, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Hospitals and Clinics
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Childhood ADHD may lead to troubles later on: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly a third of people diagnosed as children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) still have the condition in adulthood, according to a large new study that also found they're more likely to develop other...Tags: Mayo Clinic, Suicide, ADHD, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Teens who volunteered reduced their heart disease risk, study says
People who volunteer are often known to say they get more out of the experience than those who are being helped. A study in Canada concurs that that may be true: Researchers say that high school students who volunteered improved their own health. The...
Tags: American Medical Association, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Disease, Teen Health, Medical Research
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Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - It seems like a no-brainer. Since about 75 percent of healthcare spending in the United States is for largely preventable chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, providing more preventive care should cut costs....Tags: Pneumonia, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Virginia Commonwealth University, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Little change in overtreatment at doctors' offices
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although some Americans are getting more of beneficial treatments that were underused in the past, including drugs for heart disease, others are still being overtested or overtreated for a range of conditions, according to a...Tags: Medical Specialization, Heart Disease, Prostate Cancer, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses
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Allergies, extra weight tied to bullying
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who have food allergies or are overweight may be especially likely to get bullied by their peers, two new studies suggest. Not surprisingly, researchers also found targets of bullying were more distressed and anxious...Tags: Medical Specialization, Weight, Allergies, Overweight, Hospitals and Clinics
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The AGE-less Secret to a Flat Belly
HealthThe past two months have brought us a delicious smorgasbord of weight loss news, and perhaps the most intriguing finding this: your grill could be making you fat. This piece of sad news comes to us from researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New... -
Charles Rosen dies at 85; pianist wrote 'The Classical Style'
Charles Rosen, the renowned pianist and prolific writer whose award-winning book "The Classical Style" has been read by music students around the world, has died. He was 85. The New York-born musician had been suffering from cancer and died Sunday...
Tags: Princeton University, Upper West Side, Authors, Arts and Culture, Stony Brook
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