The Niagara Health Quality Coalition has released its 2011 watch list of hospitals that have high numbers of fatal mistakes. The list includes several NYC hospitals, with St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital at the top due to a high mortality rate among low-risk patients. Columbia Presbyterian, despite usually ranking as one of the best nationwide, was second Read More »
Wireless connections for your iPhone or BlackBerry are now available in the middle of the ocean or at the North Pole, should you ever find yourself there. The satellite phone network Iridium Communications Inc. plans to sell a wallet-sized box which connects to a phone to create a Wi-Fi hotspot, allowing smartphones and tablet computers Read More »
As the November elections loom, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is working to find an alternate voting station for Orthodox Jewish voters in the 73rd and 74th election districts in Brooklyn. The site was recently moved from a local public school to St. Agatha’s Church, due to concerns that the school could not accommodate all the Read More »
New “privacy friendly” body scan machines will soon start to be used for the first time at New York area airports. In contrast with the controversial current body imaging machines, which have been criticized for showing images of passengers’ naked bodies, the new machines show a generic, computerized outline of the body designed only to Read More »
While the tendency for refined sugars to wreak havoc on our bodies’ health is a well-known fact, artificial chemical sweeteners may not turn out to be the wonderful solution that commercial advertising would have us believe. Research on these products continue as many scientists and health professionals believe they pose numerous health risks and should Read More »
Births – Baby Boy Rabbi Refael Fafa & Janet Netanel Jackie & Susie Haber Jacob & Hudi Schweky Abraham & Grace Harari Stevie & Alice Goldman Rabbi Isaac & Rozie Mezrahi Rabbi Nathan & Deborah Zonana Ezra & Nancy Levy Rabbi Eli & Esther Aboud Births – Baby Girl Rabbi David & Malki Mallach Erol Read More »