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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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Bed rest no help for women at risk of early delivery
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having a short cervix increases a pregnant woman's chance of delivering prematurely, and a new study suggests going on bed rest does nothing to allay that risk. Researchers found that women were more than twice as likely to...Tags: Medical Research, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obstetrics, Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines
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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: Health and Safety at School, Arts and Culture, Social Sciences, Autism, Consumers
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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: Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Kale, Internists, Health
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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: Parent Organizations, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Hospitals and Clinics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Protection with a price
Sunscreen can help prevent those painful episodes of childhood sunburn, a risk factor for skin cancer later in life. But although sunscreen is recommended for infants older than six months by everyone from the National Institutes of Health to the American...Tags: National Institutes of Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, Health and Safety at School, Adults, Health
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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: Behavioral Conditions, ADHD, Health, Science and Technology, Arts and 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...
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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: High Blood Pressure, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Internists, Health and Safety at School
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Women charged rape; doctor still practiced
Tribune staff reporterTameka Stokes was 19 when a pelvic disease diagnosis brought her to the exam table of Bruce Sylvester Smith, a gynecologist at Chicago's Kennedy Medical Service Corp., in May 2000. According to Stokes' allegations in state records, Smith raped her...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Services, Internists, Obstetrics, Health
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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... -
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: Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Internists, Kale, Diseases and Illnesses
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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...
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