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Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) Vaccine Use Following a thorough safety review, including two meetings of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined that the recommended pause regarding the use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine in the U.S. should be lifted, and use of the vaccine should resume. As a result, Mount Sinai South Nassau will resu...
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Getting vaccinated—including getting a booster shot—is the best way to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community from COVID-19. The Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people ages 12 and older, and to the Moderna vaccine for those 18 and older. Children younger than that may receive the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines under emergency use authorization (EUA) if they are at least six months old. Also under EUA, the Johnson &...
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October 2023 Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll: Only 15 Percent of Area Residents Have Received Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Only 15 percent of area residents have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine, according to results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine Poll,” sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union. Although 70 percent of 600 residents surveyed agreed that vaccines are important to their health, a majority of respondents had not acted yet to receive the updated COVID-...
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September 2021 Mount Sinai South Nassau ‘Truth in Medicine’ Poll: 75 Percent of Vaccinated Metro Area Residents Say They Will Get a COVID-19 Booster Shot When It Becomes Available 53 Percent Think Students Should be Required to Wear Masks in School Metro area residents are ready to roll up their sleeves to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster when one becomes widely available for the general population, with 75 percent indicating they would get one, according to results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nas...
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Articles 2024 Primary care center comes to Long Beach boardwalk (Newsday, December 4, 2024) Mount Sinai South Nassau Open New Primary Care Center In Long Beach (Patch, December 3, 2024) Mount Sinai South Nassau to expand as demand for cardiac procedures grows (Crains, November 25, 2024) A Deeper Look at South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside: An Interview with Dr. Aaron Glatt (Herald, November 21, 2024) Mount Sinai South Nassau honors veterans at annual celebration (Herald, November 15, 2024) 'Breast Cancer...
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Only 15 percent of area residents have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine, according to results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine Poll,” sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union. Although 70 percent of 600 residents surveyed agreed that vaccines are important to their health, a majority of respondents had not acted yet to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine that was approved last month for people ages 6 months and older by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...
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October 2020 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: More than 50% of Metro Area Residents Polled Do Not Plan to Get COVID-19 Vaccine 66% who won’t get vaccine expressed concern that process is rushed School reopening gets high marks Job losses highest among minorities 65 Nine months into a worldwide pandemic, less than half of metro area residents plan to get a COVID vaccine when it becomes available, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau public health poll, sponsored by Bethpa...
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June 2020 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Two-Thirds of Metro Area Residents Would Forgo Sporting Events, Movies, and Public Transportation Only 45% would get a COVID-19 vaccine Two-thirds of metro area residents would not attend a sporting event, watch a movie, or ride mass transit because of COVID-19 fears as Long Island reopens, the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau public health poll shows. Eighty-six percent of respondents said they would not shake someone’s hand. A majority als...
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- 6/9/2020
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February 2020 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: A Majority of Metro Area Residents Would Get Novel Coronavirus Vaccine If One Were to Become Available 72 Percent Less Likely to Travel Overseas as a Result of Coronavirus Scare More than half of metro area residents said they would get a vaccine to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus if one were to become available, according to the results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” public health poll. As the dea...
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- 2/27/2020
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More than one-third of metro area parents are not aware of CDC recommendations to vaccinate against human papillomavirus (“HPV”), a potentially cancer causing disease, according to the latest South Nassau ‘Truth in Medicine’ Poll, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Sixty-one percent of parents have or plan to vaccinate all of their children while 37% percent of parents do not plan to or are not sure if they will vaccinate all of their children against HPV. When asked why they do not plan to vacc...
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- 1/29/2019
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January 2019 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: More than one-third of parents are not aware of CDC recommendations to vaccinate against HPV, a potentially cancer causing disease 37% of parents do not plan to or are not sure if they will vaccinate all of their children More than one-third of metro area parents are not aware of CDC recommendations to vaccinate against human papillomavirus (“HPV”), a potentially cancer causing disease, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau&nb...
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- 1/29/2019
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The Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll tests respondents’ knowledge on key public health topics. The ultimate goal is to educate the public about health issues so they can take better care of themselves and seek out appropriate medical care when needed. 2025 ‘Truth in Medicine’ Poll: Link Between Alcohol and Cancer (April 2025) 2024 ‘Truth in Medicine’ Poll: Truth About Managing Holiday Stress (December 2024) ‘Truth in Medicine’ Poll: Parents Strongly Support School Ban on Cell Phone U...
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Region’s First COVID-19 Vaccination Mobile Unit Mount Sinai South Nassau and the Town of Hempstead are communicating directly with community leaders to schedule visits to convenient and popular locations in the Town, including faith-based organizations, libraries, recreation centers, senior centers, parks, and train stations. Additional information about the mobile unit and its schedule will be posted on the Town and hospital websites. Individuals interested in scheduling a vaccine appointment may do ON...
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- 4/5/2021
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More than half of metro area residents said they would get a vaccine to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus if one were to become available, according to the results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” public health poll. As the death toll around the world continues to rise and millions of Chinese residents remain quarantined or under observation, concern about a possible U.S. outbreak of the novel coronavirus (recently named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization) remain...
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Nine months into a worldwide pandemic, less than half of metro area residents plan to get a COVID vaccine when it becomes available, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau public health poll, sponsored by Bethpage. The poll’s findings underscore concerns about the vaccine’s development and lack of trust in the FDA’s regulatory process to ensure its safety and effectiveness. On a positive note, most area residents believe the reopening of local schools has gone well, the poll showed. Forty-one p...
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January 2017 The Truth Behind the Spread of the Flu The first Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll of 600 New Yorkers reveals that many metro area residents go to work even if they have the flu despite an awareness by an overwhelming majority that the flu virus is spread person to person. Some 42 percent also incorrectly believe you can get the flu from the flu shot. “Truth in Medicine” Poll Press Release “Truth in Medicine” Poll Results (PDF) “Truth in Medicine” Poll Graphs (PDF) How ...
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December 2022 Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll: Residents Have Little Fear of “Tridemic” Threat Poll shows public reluctant to get vaccines, won’t adjust plans for the holidays Despite the rising rate of community transmission of flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—and the reality that all three diseases are spreading in a “tridemic” across New York City, Long Island, and beyond—results from the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll indicate that the ...
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- 12/8/2022
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February 2018 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Many Report Taking Supplements in Attempt to Prevent Cold, Flu but 39 Percent of Those Still Avoid Flu Shot Vitamin C Overwhelming Choice to Ward Off Infection Nearly One-Third do not Inform Their Doctors of Supplement Use Almost half of metro area New Yorkers surveyed in a new poll report taking unregulated dietary supplements such as vitamins, essential oils and probiotics- some in attempt to ward off colds and the flu - but 39 percen...
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- 2/8/2018
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December 2024 Despite their reputation for being grumpy, and headlines often dominated by crime-related news, an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers believe that most of their fellow citizens are “basically good” and less than a quarter expect political divisions to interfere with their holiday gatherings, according to the latest results of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s “Truth in Medicine” poll, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Some 75 percent of respondents to the hospital’s poll said most peo...
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- 12/20/2024
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Information on COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated patients having an outpatient procedure Do I need to get tested for COVID-19 before having an outpatient procedure (going home immediately after)? No. Currently, due to community transmission rates, if you are having an outpatient procedure (going home immediately after), you do NOT need a COVID-19 test. Preprocedural COVID-19 testing is NO Longer required by the New York State Department of Health for patients undergoing a procedure. Please speak wit...
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June 2019 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Eighty percent of parents think vaping is addictive; 63 percent think it is unsafe 56 percent oppose vape shops in their community 85 percent are concerned their kids are curious about vaping Eighty percent of parents think vaping is addictive, and 63 percent think that it is unsafe. And, when asked whether or not they support vape shops in their community, 56 percent of parents said they oppose them, and 32% support allowing them to open, ...
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- 7/11/2019
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November 2019 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Women Under 50 Are Most Stressed Out as Holidays Approach Over 20 percent of these women say they turn to alcohol and drugs to relieve tension Work-related stress rated as “high” among 48 percent of residents who work outside of the home Women under 50 are the most stressed out as the holidays approach, with 61 percent saying their stress level is high or very high, according to the latest ‘Truth in Medicine’ poll of New York metro area...
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January 2022 Mount Sinai South Nassau ‘Truth in Medicine’ Poll: 80 Percent of Metro Area Residents Say Government Is Failing in COVID-19 Testing, Needs to Do More More than 60 percent fear pandemic will last another year More than 80 percent of metro area residents say the government should be doing more to make COVID-19 testing more readily available to the public, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine Poll,” sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union. A clear majority—57 p...
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October 2022 Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll: Many Long Islanders Struggle to Find Needed Mental Health Service Poll shows that even those with insurance coverage have difficulty accessing care More than one-third of Long Islanders who sought mental health services found it challenging to find a provider of care, even though nearly all had health insurance to cover most of the cost, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll, sponsored by Bethpage Credit ...
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March 2023 Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll: One-Third of Metro Area Residents Consider Themselves Overweight Nearly one-quarter say they would take a drug to lose the pounds Nearly one-third of metro area residents consider themselves overweight and almost one-quarter say they would take a prescription weight-loss drug to shed extra pounds, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll. Ten percent of poll respondents are currently taking or know someone who u...
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July 2024 More than one-third of metro area residents support legalized medical aid in dying (MAID, also referred to as physician-assisted death), with 37 percent saying they supported legislation that would allow MAID in New York, while 21 percent opposed it, and 43 percent were not sure. The latest results of the Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine public health poll of Long Island and New York City residents sought feedback from the public on a wide range of health-related topics: 60 percent o...
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September 2024 Parents in the metro area strongly support a ban on cell phone use in schools and agree that social media companies should do more to limit children’s use of social media apps, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine poll. An overwhelming majority—85 percent of parents polled—support state laws limiting social media feeds for minors. Eighty-two percent agree that social media companies should do more to limit children’s use of their apps. Most parents (72 percen...
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April 2025 In recognition of National Alcohol Awareness Month and Screening Day, experts encourage individuals to assess their drinking habits and seek help if needed. A majority of New Yorkers are considering drinking less alcohol or encouraging others to do so as a result of the surgeon general’s new warning about a strong association between drinking alcohol and increased cancer risk, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” poll. Among the poll respondents from New York C...
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April 2017 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Improper use of antibiotics reported among some area residents. Some area residents say they pressure their doctors for antibiotics they don’t need, fail to finish antibiotics as they are prescribed and improperly dispose of leftover antibiotics, posing a potential threat to local water supplies, according to a new poll of New York City and Long Island residents. Use and misuse of antibiotics also varied significantly by age, gender and racial ...
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September 2017 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Many Parents Remain Unclear About Safety of Vaccines Some Still Mistakenly Believe There is a Link to Autism. Some parents remain uncertain about the safety of vaccines and some mistakenly believe there is a link between autism and getting their children vaccinated, despite overwhelming scientific evidence pointing to the benefits of vaccinations in the fight against the spread of deadly childhood diseases. While over 90% of area parents sa...
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October 2017 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll: Men Lag Behind Women in Cancer Screenings Men are less likely to receive potentially life-saving screenings for cancer, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine poll of metro area residents. Women have a greater understanding and follow through on mammogram screenings than there is among men about prostate cancer screenings or among both genders about colon cancer screenings, the poll results show. Some 74 perce...
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September 2018 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Majority of Metro Area Residents Have Concerns About the Impact of Recreational Marijuana Use on Public Safety 74% say driving under the influence of marijuana concerns them 57% say they are not aware that there is no field test to measure if a driver is under the influence of marijuana Fifty-percent of metro area New York residents support legalizing recreational marijuana, but 74% of respondents expressed concern about people driving...
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May 2018 Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine Poll: Sixty-Five Percent of Kids Spend 3 Hours or More on Screens a Day Twenty-two percent are glued to screens for five hours or more Nearly half of parents don’t even try to limit screen time Metro-area children are spending an average of 3.41 hours/day of screen time for non-academic purposes on an array of devices - smartphones, televisions, tablets and computers – and 22 percent of them are glued to the screen for five or more hours, accordin...
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Throughout the course of the COVID-19 outbreak in our communities, Mount Sinai South Nassau has been on the forefront of treating the disease, and working with the Mount Sinai Health System to research it. We have helped large numbers of people recover from the virus, and we have learned a lot along the way—about how the virus behaves and how to treat it. We are committed to bringing you this information as it comes to light. In addition, you will learn how to get care at Mount Sinai South Nassau, prote...
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Metro area residents are ready to roll up their sleeves to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster when one becomes widely available for the general population, with 75 percent indicating they would get one, according to results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine public health poll, sponsored by Bethpage. Twenty-three percent of the metro area residents recently polled who are unvaccinated say they are more likely to get a vaccine now that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given...
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As public health officials in New York monitor an aggressive outbreak of measles, medical experts at South Nassau and the Nassau County Department of Health urged residents and families to move up measles inoculations for their young children or get inoculated if they haven’t already done so before traveling to be with relatives and friends to celebrate Passover and Easter observations. Infants normally inoculated at one year can receive their first dose of measles vaccine at 6 months and receive the sec...
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Two-thirds of metro area residents would not attend a sporting event, watch a movie, or ride mass transit because of COVID-19 fears as Long Island reopens, the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau public health poll shows. Eighty-six percent of respondents said they would not shake someone’s hand. A majority also are uneasy about flying on an airplane, eating in a restaurant, or going to a bar, the poll showed. Despite 100,000 recorded deaths due to coronavirus nationwide, notably, 55 percent of area resident...
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Mount Sinai South Nassau and the Town of Hempstead officially launched the region’s first COVID-19 Vaccination Mobile Unit with a visit to the Uniondale-Hempstead Senior Center, where hospital staff were scheduled to vaccinate 100 residents with the Johnson & Johnson, single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. Known as the “Vaxmobile,” the bus was funded with $695,042 from the $133 million federal CARES Act legislation to provide economic relief to Town of Hempstead businesses, organizations and residents impacte...
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Despite the rising rate of community transmission of flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—and the reality that all three diseases are spreading in a “tridemic” across New York City, Long Island, and beyond—results from the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll indicate that the public’s urgency to get vaccinated for flu and COVID-19 is low. Fewer than two-thirds (61 percent) of 600 poll respondents have received a flu vaccine since September 1, 2022, while just 56 perce...
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In an effort to help schools reopen, Mount Sinai South Nassau and Nassau County have launched a pilot program to vaccinate area teachers and school staff members from the Island Park, Long Beach, Oceanside, and Rockville Centre School Districts. A joint initiative of Mount Sinai South Nassau, based in Oceanside, New York, and the Nassau County Department of Health, the Teacher’s Vaccination Pilot Program initially planned to vaccinate up to 300 teachers and staff this week, and more in the weeks ahead de...
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It is not too late to get your flu shot. In a continuation of ongoing public service and education to protect as many residents as possible during this widespread, dangerous and protracted flu epidemic, South Nassau Communities Hospital, in collaboration with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, will provide no-charge flu shots on Thursday, February 22 from 4-7PM at South Nassau’s Family Medicine Centers located at 196 Merrick Rd. in Oceanside and 761 Franklin Blvd. in Long Beach . The flu shots are onl...
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The Emergency Department in Long Beach operated by Mount Sinai South Nassau will be closed temporarily as of 3 PM today due to nursing staff shortages occurring as a result of the state vaccine mandate. The decision to temporarily close the facility was made after all other options were exhausted. Patients from the barrier island in need of emergency care will be directed to the hospital’s main campus in Oceanside. An ambulance will be stationed around the clock at the closed Long Beach Emergency Departm...
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Some parents remain uncertain about the safety of vaccines and some mistakenly believe there is a link between autism and getting their children vaccinated, despite overwhelming scientific evidence pointing to the benefits of vaccinations in the fight against the spread of deadly childhood diseases. While over 90% of area parents say they have had their children vaccinated, almost 40% are unsure or believe that vaccines can potentially cause autism, according to the latest South Nassau Truth in Medicine™...
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In recognition of their tireless efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL is sending four Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital employees to participate in the NFL’s Super Bowl experience for front-line workers. The four hospital employees – two physicians, an emergency department nurse and a respiratory therapist – are among the 7,500 vaccinated health care workers who will receive free tickets from the NFL to the Super Bowl in Tampa as part of the NFL’s salute. A Rockville Centre resident and gr...
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More than 80 percent of metro area residents say the government should be doing more to make COVID-19 testing more readily available to the public, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine Poll,” sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union. A clear majority—57 percent—hold the federal government most accountable for lack of available testing, the poll showed, while 15 percent said the state government is to blame. The poll was conducted before the federal government began an effo...
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Despite their reputation for being grumpy, and headlines often dominated by crime-related news, an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers believe that most of their fellow citizens are “basically good” and less than a quarter expect political divisions to interfere with their holiday gatherings, according to the latest results of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s “Truth in Medicine” poll, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Some 75 percent of respondents to the hospital’s poll said most people are basical...
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Poll respondents say they inspire healthier habits and follow-up appointments with physicians: 44 percent wear health monitoring or wearable fitness devices; 39 percent have used direct-to-consumer health products 74 percent of device wearers say they share their information with their doctors One-third of respondents say a wearable health/fitness device is on their holiday wish list An overwhelming majority of those who use wearable health devices say the information the devices produce prompts th...
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Many New Yorkers do not believe the United States is prepared for another public health crisis, according to the results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” public health poll, sponsored by Four Leaf. Of the 600 adults who were polled in New York City and on Long Island, 44 percent said they are concerned that the country is unprepared for the next public health crisis, while 40 percent felt it is prepared. A large majority of New Yorkers are worried about emergence or re-emergence...
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A third of workers who have the flu still report to work even though they are aware that the sometimes deadly disease is spread person to person, according to the results of a new public health survey of New York metro area residents. Men 50 years of age and older were more likely to report to work with the flu, the survey found, with 37 percent of men reporting that they had gone in to work despite having a flu diagnosis. By contrast, 28 percent of women 50 years of age or older reported that they went ...
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Patients who test positive for COVID-19 will now be able to obtain the antiviral oral medication Paxlovid via the Vaxmobile, the successful mobile vaccination partnership between Mount Sinai South Nassau and the Town of Hempstead. The mobile “test and treat” option is the first of its kind on Long Island. “We are now in the sixth wave of the pandemic. While vaccination continues to provide the best protection against COVID-19, now more than ever, treatment that is easily accessible is an important next s...
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Almost half of metro area New Yorkers surveyed in a new poll report taking unregulated dietary supplements such as vitamins, essential oils and probiotics- some in attempt to ward off colds and the flu - but 39 percent of those who take supplements for that purpose have not had a flu shot, according to South Nassau’s latest Truth in Medicine Poll . The flu shot is considered the single best preventive method against the flu, a sometimes-deadly disease. “Benefit from cold supplements have never been truly...
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All along Bianca Jimenez, 19, of Rockaway Beach, Queens, had a sinking feeling that she had COVID-19. The dry cough, loss of sense of taste and smell, dizziness, trouble breathing and fever matched the symptoms of the disease she had heard about on the news. “I kept hearing people were dying from this,” said the accounting major at Manhattan Community College. An inhaler prescribed by her pediatrician failed to ease Ms. Jimenez’s breathing problems. The next day she visited a local urgent care center and...
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What does the patient population consist of? Our patient population is very diverse. In the Family Medicine Center, we have a large pediatric and women’s health population, as well as a significant geriatric population, though the majority of the patients are adults between the ages of 20-60. The population is ethnically diverse, with many of our patients being bilingual in English and Spanish. Additionally, the Family Medicine Center serves as a place everyone can receive care, as we participate in Med...
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A majority of New Yorkers are considering drinking less alcohol or encouraging others to do so as a result of the surgeon general’s new warning about a strong association between drinking alcohol and increased cancer risk, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” poll. Among the poll respondents from New York City and Long Island, 57 percent reported having between one and seven drinks per week, while 22 percent said they consumed between 8 and 14 drinks per week. But 51 perce...
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Women under 50 are the most stressed out as the holidays approach, with 61 percent saying their stress level is high or very high, according to the latest ‘Truth in Medicine’ poll of New York metro area residents. Stress increases across the board during the holidays, with 46 percent of those polled reporting high or very high levels of holiday-induced anxiety. During non-holiday periods, 31 percent overall rate their stress as very high (5 percent) or high (26 percent). As for specific factors that caus...
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Nearly one-third of metro area residents consider themselves overweight and almost one-quarter say they would take a prescription weight-loss drug to shed extra pounds, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll . Ten percent of poll respondents are currently taking or know someone who uses the prescription drugs Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy to lose weight. Most of them are women under 50 and Black. While all three drugs can generate weight loss, only Wegovy is FDA approved f...
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Every year our surgeons perform a large number of procedures to diagnose and treat a variety of cancers of breast, head & neck, thyroid, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, stomach colorectal, esophagus, melanoma, peritoneal, sarcoma as well as non-cancerous thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disorders. These procedures help save lives, relieve the symptoms arising from tumors, and improve quality of life. Please contact us at 516-632-3350 to schedule an appointment. Our breadth of experience means that you...
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Parents in the metro area strongly support a ban on cell phone use in schools and agree that social media companies should do more to limit children’s use of social media apps, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine poll. An overwhelming majority—85 percent of parents polled—support state laws limiting social media feeds for minors. Eighty-two percent agree that social media companies should do more to limit children’s use of their apps. Most parents (72 percent) want their ch...
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More than one-third of metro area residents support legalized medical aid in dying (MAID, also referred to as physician-assisted death), with 37 percent saying they supported legislation that would allow MAID in New York, while 21 percent opposed it, and 43 percent were not sure. The latest results of the Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine public health poll of Long Island and New York City residents sought feedback from the public on a wide range of health-related topics: 60 percent of responden...
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More than 50 percent of 600 residents surveyed consider the areas they live in environmentally unhealthy with only 38 percent of New York City adults and 46 percent of adults on Long Island satisfied with the environmental health of their areas, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union. This gloomy outlook is sparked by the sentiment that the city and Long Island are concerned about poor air and water quality. The survey found tha...
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- 12/28/2023
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Eighty percent of parents think vaping is addictive, and 63 percent think that it is unsafe. And, when asked whether or not they support vape shops in their community, 56 percent of parents said they oppose them, and 32% support allowing them to open, according to the latest South Nassau ‘Truth in Medicine’ Poll , sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Twelve percent answered they are not sure. Eighty-five percent of metro area parents are concerned that kids under 18 are curious about vaping, which...
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- 6/25/2019
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More than one-third of Long Islanders who sought mental health services found it challenging to find a provider of care, even though nearly all had health insurance to cover most of the cost, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine” Poll, sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union. According to the poll results, anxiety, depression, social isolation, and fear of contracting COVID-19 are the prevalent issues among those who have accessed professional mental health care services since t...
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- 10/18/2022
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