Relay to Fight Cancer

Queens Courier
BY VICTOR G. MIMONI
Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:08 PM EST
There’s a party on Bell Boulevard in Bayside, but it’s serious.

It’s a complimentary informational kick-off party, at the Outback Steakhouse, to spread the word for the American Cancer Society (ACS) 5th annual “Relay For Life,” scheduled for this June, at Fort Totten.
The Kick-Off Party will [...]

Mexico City Mayor hands out free Viagra to elderly men – Bloomberg Gives Us Trees

Mexico City Mayor hands out free Viagra to elderly men. Michael Bloomberg gives New Yorkers trees. It doesn’t require much effort to make the analogy.
NY Daily News
BY Catey Hill
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, February 13th 2009, 12:10 PM
The government is handing out free Viagra to poor men, the New York Times reported.
If you are 60 and [...]

Your Doctor Wanted You to Smoke

Yes, there was a time when doctors and athletes were paid by tobacco companies to promote smoking.

Time has created a photo gallery of vintage pro-smoking advertisements.

You need more green to live in Queens

From Your Nabe.com
You need more green to live in Queens
Report by Center for an Urban Future cites boro as fifth-most expensive locale in the United States
By Philip Newman
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:59 PM EST
New York City’s notorious cost of living is driving out thousands of the middle class in an exodus fueled not only by [...]

Price of Cigarettes Going Up in NYC

It’s going to cost more to destroy your health.

From MyFoxNY
Price of Cigarettes Going Up in NYC
Last Edited: Sunday, 08 Feb 2009, 5:06 PM EST
Created On: Sunday, 08 Feb 2009, 4:57 PM EST
NEW YORK – What a drag! A pack of cigarettes will soon cost more than $10 in Manhattan.

That’s because a 62 cent federal tax [...]

Turf War Brewing in New York City Parks

Customers in the Cafe are starting to wonder if Parks & Recreation will ever get it right.

From 1010 WINS
Posted: Sunday, 08 February 2009 7:16PM
Turf War Brewing in New York City Parks
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A turf war is brewing in New York City.
The city council will hold a hearing Monday on a bill [...]

How Clean is That Restaurant?

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
January 31, 2009
Diners to Get a Quick Guide to Cleanliness
By GLENN COLLINS
For the first time, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will compel the city’s nearly 25,000 restaurants to publicly post inspectors’ cleanliness ratings, which have previously been available only online or at the department. Rating signs, [...]

Smoking Ban Hits Home. Truly.

January 27, 2009
Belmont Journal
Smoking Ban Hits Home. Truly.
By JESSE McKINLEY
BELMONT, Calif. — During her 50 years of smoking, Edith Frederickson says, she has lit up in restaurants and bars, airplanes and trains, and indoors and out, all as part of a two-pack-a-day habit that she regrets not a bit. But as of two weeks ago, [...]

Anti-smoking group gives New York a mixed grade

State praised for taxes, laws, but rapped on prevention
By Heather Senison
hsenison@gmail.com
ALBANY – Despite the state’s increased focus on getting smokers to quit in 2008, the estimated economic cost of smoking was $14.1 billion, according to an American Lung Association study.
Each year, the association evaluates how successful the state’s smoking-prevention programs are in comparison with the [...]

New York Hospital Queens Expansion on Schedule

From the Queens Chronicle
The $300 million expansion project at New York Hospital Queens in Flushing is right on target for a scheduled completion in mid-2010.
The seven-story wing will provide 80 single-bed rooms, in accordance with a 2006 state law. The remaining space will be used for surgery and expanded services.
Located on the front side of [...]

Largest children’s health study to begin in Queens, North Carolina

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

BY NANCY DILLON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 3:49 PM
How do rugrats from Queens stack up against ankle-biters from rural North Carolina? We’ll know in 2030.
Hundreds of babies from Queens and Duplin County, N.C., are the subjects of the largest ever long-term study of children’s health.
The National Children’s Study, which starts [...]