NYC Sentinel

Love in the time of activism

By Lynsey Chutel There are few places in New York City as romantic as the top of the Empire State Building. For a couple using wheelchairs, this would have been an impossible sight until 1994. Nadina La Spina and Daniel Robert met at the landmark’s foot protesting its inaccessibility. Today, they still protest for the right to proper healthcare and the chance to marry.

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In medicine’s wild west, a brain scan helps with early diagnosis of schizophrenia

By Artis Henderson Tucked into a corner of the basement level of Columbia University’s Neurological Health Institute, scientists are exploring some of the last unchartered territory on the planet: the human brain. It’s here that researchers made a recent breakthrough. A study published in the September 2009 Archives of General Psychiatry reported that doctors may be able to diagnose early-stage schizophrenia using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scan.

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Healthcare debate hits NY streets: Protesters target Aetna

Chaos blocked the entrance to the Aetna Health Insurance building on Park Avenue and East 40th Street on Tuesday morning as protesters carried placards demanding “Medicare for all.” With the help of a single snare-drum, charged with anger and determination, a crowd of nearly 30 loudly chanted slogans like “People, not profit” and carrying placards [...]

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