Robert Brodsky
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Why Cornell fraternity rape allegations are raising new questions about the sedative ketamine (opens the original)
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Prosecutors in central New York announced this week that they're reopening the investigation of a former Cornell University student who filed a lawsuit contending she was drugged with ketamine and other substances before she was raped by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024. The renewed scrutiny on the case, and the Ivy League university's initial investigation of the woman's assault claims, has raised new questions about ketamine, a powerful anesthetic with hallucinogenic effects on
One in 4 home health aides report experiencing racism, violence on the job, new survey finds (opens the original)
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One in four home health aides in New York State, including those working and living on Long Island, are burned out and have experienced racism or violence on the job, according to a new study by a Northwell Health geriatrician. The anonymous survey, conducted between Nov. 30, 2023, and the end of 2024, was distributed to 224 aides at a large home health care agency that covers the greater New York region, including Long Island, said Dr. Liron Sinvani, the report's lead author and the director of
Townhouse nursing home to pay $5.5M in wrongful death lawsuit by family of Lucy Riker (opens the original)
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A Nassau jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of a 91-year-old Franklin Square woman who died in hospice only weeks after being admitted to a Uniondale nursing home, where she suffered a hip fracture that her daughters' attorney contends was caused by the facility’s chronic understaffing and negligent care. The verdict, issued this month in State Supreme Court in Nassau County to the family of Lucy Riker, is the second $5.5 million award against Townhouse Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
Beyond Air, Long Island company, covered up defects in device treating cancer patients, lawsuit says (opens the original)
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A Garden City-based medical device and biopharmaceutical company is accused of concealing life-threatening defects with its key product from the Food and Drug Administration and from its hospital clients, retaliating against employees who sought to disclose the problems and misappropriating assets to mask major financial losses, according to a lawsuit filed last week. The complaint, filed Sept. 8 in Nassau County Supreme Court and seeking class-action status, names Beyond Air Inc., its former ch
Medical Aid in Dying: Long Island woman with incurable disease considers using law (opens the original)
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Joseph and Kim Willen shared a gentle embrace on their back porch as the sun set over Northport Harbor, a moment of respite as they faced an incomprehensible yet rapidly impending decision. Joseph Willen wiped a tear, steadied himself and took a deep breath as he explained why his wife of 36 years, diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare and untreatable neurological illness that's stripped her of the ability to walk, speak and care for herself, could potentially choose to end her o
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