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Brain and Nerve Health

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    New York's MMA Bill Headed To Assembly. Backers Optimistic

    A bill that would lift the ban on mixed martial arts fighting in New York passed in the state Senate yesterday 43-14 -- and backers are optimistic it will pass in the Assembly, despite opposition from Assemblyman Bob Reilly.This is the third consecutive year a bill lifting the ban on MMA fighting wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    New York's MMA Ban: Assemblyman Bob Reilly Says Fighting Can Cause Concussions

    State lawmakers -- on both sides of the aisle -- are expected this month to reintroduce a bill that would lift New York's ban on mixed martial arts fights like the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) -- but Assemblyman Bob Reilly's trying to piss on the parade. In a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    The Best T-Shirt Evah!

    ​ I was alerted to this work of comic genius by Priscilla's Tony Sheldon, who called it the best T-shirt ever, and I have to agree. In fact, I spit out my morning mai tai when I saw it.

  • Film

    September 14, 2011

    There's No App for That: Life at the Record Store in Sound It Out

    ​ I was alerted to this work of comic genius by Priscilla's Tony Sheldon, who called it the best T-shirt ever, and I have to agree. In fact, I spit out my morning mai tai when I saw it.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Mary Kocy Will Water-ski Around Manhattan for Charity

    Kocy's fundraising page​Mary Kocy, who describes herself as "a middle-aged woman who can't walk in two-inch heels," will be doing something relatively unheard of, that is, water-skiing around Manhattan on September 18 (with a rain date of September 25) to raise money for veterans facing trauma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Do Diet Sodas Make You Fat? A University of Texas Study Seems to Say So

    ​Do Not Drink? It was too good to be true - the idea that you could drink massive amounts of diet soda and suffer no ill consequences. The NY Post reports today on a University of Texas medical school study that shows that people who drink diet sodas are 70% more likely to suffer an increase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    My Worst Look Ever! It's a Complete Eyesore!

    ​It was in the smiley-faced, deranged 1970s, and I was all decked out for some swanky South Brooklyn event or other. And I wore the de rigueur white leisure suit that was so prevalent until people realized that polyester causes brain damage (or, more likely, is the result of it). On top of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Earth Will Be Crowded, Hungry, and Full of Human-Robot Porn in 2050

    ​The United Nations is predicting that Earth may be "unrecognizable" in 2050 due to the rise of population and the increase in demand for food. The population is expected to jump from seven billion to nine billion by that year. Yahoo quotes Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund as saying, "We ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2011

    Apollo Run

    ​The United Nations is predicting that Earth may be "unrecognizable" in 2050 due to the rise of population and the increase in demand for food. The population is expected to jump from seven billion to nine billion by that year. Yahoo quotes Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund as saying, "We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Quadriplegic Man Has Very Bad Experience on "It's a Small World" Ride

    ​A quadriplegic man who got stuck on a broken "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland and had to hear that insufferable music over and over again when Disney failed to evacuate him in a reasonable amount of time is now suing the company. While waiting for help for some 40 minutes as other peop ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2011

    Unstoppable Death Machines

    ​A quadriplegic man who got stuck on a broken "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland and had to hear that insufferable music over and over again when Disney failed to evacuate him in a reasonable amount of time is now suing the company. While waiting for help for some 40 minutes as other peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Gabrielle Giffords Expected to Move to Houston Rehab Hospital Friday

    ​Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who continues to improve after being shot in the head on January 8, is likely to be moved this Friday from Tucson's University Medical Center to TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston. Via a statement released today by Giffords' cong ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 15, 2010

    Fists in the Pocket

    ​Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who continues to improve after being shot in the head on January 8, is likely to be moved this Friday from Tucson's University Medical Center to TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston. Via a statement released today by Giffords' cong ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 1, 2010

    How Mexicans Are Like Pinatas

    And why we like to hit them so much

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Aimee Angle-Zahn, Missing Med Student, Sought by NYPD UPDATED: Found

    ​The NYPD is asking for help locating Aimee Angle-Zahn, 34, of 990 6th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Angle-Zahn, who's from Detroit and is in medical school in New York City, suffers from an epileptic seizure disorder. She was last seen at her apartment on November 11. UPDATED: Angle-Zahn was f ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 8, 2010

    Vampire Weekend

    ​The NYPD is asking for help locating Aimee Angle-Zahn, 34, of 990 6th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Angle-Zahn, who's from Detroit and is in medical school in New York City, suffers from an epileptic seizure disorder. She was last seen at her apartment on November 11. UPDATED: Angle-Zahn was f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Red Wine's Magical Properties Continue to Amaze and Delight

    ​Another day, another fabulous study revealing the magical, mystical properties of red wine. This time, we learn that resveratrol, that extra special stuff that comes from the skin of red grapes and is hence found in red wine, can neutralize the toxic effects of proteins linked to Alzheimer's ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 18, 2010

    HOW BIZARRE

    Crispin Glover trips us out

  • Voice Choices

    April 27, 2010

    John Doe & Exene Cervenka

    Crispin Glover trips us out

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Study: Red Wine Is Awesome

    ​Ah, it's a good day when the studies come down in favor of wine. The latest: Red wine consumption may protect the brain from damage after a stroke, say the dedicated, kind, wonderful and brilliant researchers at Johns Hopkins.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Simon Nunez, Missing Bronx Man, Found

    We mentioned that Simon Nunez was missing yesterday. Good news: The 74-year-old Bronx man, who suffers from Alzheimer's dementia and diabetes, has been found at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Nunez was about five miles from his Beach Avenue home when he apparently became disoriented and wandered ... More >>

  • Film

    March 9, 2010
  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2010

    STAIR MASTER

    Race to the top of 30 Rock

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    THE WRITE STUFF

    Alan Ayckbourn's My Wonderful Day

  • Voice Choices

    September 22, 2009

    'Carlapalooza'

    Alan Ayckbourn's My Wonderful Day

  • Voice Choices

    September 8, 2009
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    April 29, 2009

    LOSING MY MIND

    Brooklyn author Stefan Merrill Block stares down a family illness

  • Voice Choices

    February 26, 2008

    NO BARF BAG NEEDED

    Cloverfield’s Hud holds still

  • Film

    October 16, 2007

    Music Within

    Cloverfield’s Hud holds still

  • Film

    June 5, 2007

    Eagle vs. Shark

    Cloverfield’s Hud holds still

  • Film

    May 8, 2007

    'Memories of Tomorrow'

    Cloverfield’s Hud holds still

  • News

    March 20, 2007

    Raising Roberto (Again)

    A devastating brain injury in Iraq leaves soldier Roberto Reyes with a support system of one—his mother

  • Theater

    March 6, 2007

    Tug of War

    Nursing wounds on the battlefield and the homefront

  • Film

    November 7, 2006

    'The Aura'

    Nursing wounds on the battlefield and the homefront

  • Film

    October 3, 2006

    'So Much So Fast'

    Nursing wounds on the battlefield and the homefront

  • Theater

    January 17, 2006

    Head Cases

    An autism opera, an aphasia comedy, a Tourette's musical

  • News

    February 15, 2005

    The Drug to End All Drugs

    Addicts may get new lives, as clinical studies of exotic, controversial ibogaine are set to resume

  • Dance

    August 24, 2004

    Hobbled Choreographer's Video Games Deconstruct the Mechanics of Dancing

    Addicts may get new lives, as clinical studies of exotic, controversial ibogaine are set to resume

  • Dance

    June 22, 2004

    Mills Probes Dislocations of Anatomy, Thought, and Feeling, Solo and Partnered

    Addicts may get new lives, as clinical studies of exotic, controversial ibogaine are set to resume

  • News

    November 18, 2003

    Was Terri Schiavo Beaten in 1990?

    Will There Be an Investigation in Time?

  • News

    November 11, 2003

    A Woman's Life Versus an Inept Press

    The ACLU Supports a 'Constitutional' Death by Starvation

  • Film

    September 2, 2003

    Trouble Every Day

    Take What You Have Gathered From Coincidence, or From an Organ Donor's Cadaver

  • News

    July 2, 2002

    VLS Beach Blanket Books

    On Comics, Thrillers, and the Bodily Arts

  • Film

    February 5, 2002

    Lady of the Lake

    On Comics, Thrillers, and the Bodily Arts

  • News

    September 4, 2001

    The People's Prozac

    Dissident Scientists Question the Ban on Ecstasy

  • News

    February 6, 2001

    Who Owns Ecstasy?

    Studying MDMA is Shaping up to Be the Latest Battle in the Drug War

  • Film

    August 1, 2000

    Primal Screen

    Studying MDMA is Shaping up to Be the Latest Battle in the Drug War

  • News

    July 11, 2000

    Yanks: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

    Studying MDMA is Shaping up to Be the Latest Battle in the Drug War

  • News

    May 16, 2000

    It Ain't Easy Feeling Sorry For Rudy

    One New Yorker Remembers How the Mayor Responded to His Illness

  • News

    January 5, 1999

    Paper Trial

    A Widow Takes on Cigna

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