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First reported 56 mins ago - Updated 56 mins ago - 1 reports

Rx. drug scourge: Staten Island is the front line in the war on prescription drugs

Staten Island Advance Editorial By Staten Island Advance Editorial Staten Island AdvanceView/Post CommentsA spray-painted wall on Drumgoole Road West, near Huguenot Avenue, displays a message condemning prescription drug abuse on Staten Island. The ... [Published Staten Island Live - 56 mins ago]

Entities: Staten Island, Drugs, anodyne, opioid

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

The Do's and Dont's of Google Glass

It's cool and fashionable ... and it may be rude. It's Google Glass, the wearable computer. Users get stares, but those being seen get antsy. Since the Glass can record and share pictures, video and sound, some fear they'll be robbed of their privacy ... [Published Reuters - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Google Glass, Lance Ulanoff, Thomas Farley

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

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How much should we tip in the US?

Figuring out how much to tip at a restaurant in the US can be a tricky endeavour, fraught with a good share of mathematics and emotions. Here are some tipping tips. In the States, you might slip the limo driver an extra $20 bill to show appreciation for ... [Published New Zealand Herald - May 17 2013]

Entities: Minimum Wage, Thomas Farley, April Masini, La Salle University

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

NYC Health Dept. Creates App to Battle Teen Pregnancy; Bisexuals Included in Video

By , CP ContributorNYC.govNew York City Health Department's Sex Education Smartphone App Helps Teens Identify Where to go Receive Free Reproductive HealthcareThe New York City Health Department is promoting a new smartphone app, "Teens in NYC Protection," ... [Published Christian Post - May 15 2013]

Entities: Bisexual, Pregnancy, Sex, Health Care, New York City

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Prescription painkiller deaths up 261 percent in NYC

New York City health officials say deaths from prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodin increased 261% between 2005 and 2011.The city Health Department says there were 220 such deaths in 2011, up from 130 in 2005.The biggest increase was ... [Published FOXNews.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: anodyne, Staten Island, Thomas Farley

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Staten Island teen pregnancy rate drops 35 percent since 2001

Ken Paulsen/Staten Island Advance By Ken Paulsen/Staten Island Advance Staten Island AdvanceEmail the author | Follow on TwitterView/Post CommentsView full sizeThe pregnancy rate among Staten Island 15- to 19-year-olds fell to 41 per 1,000 in 2011 ... [Published Staten Island Live - May 14 2013]

Entities: Staten Island, Ports, Thomas Farley

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 4 reports

Free app offers sex advice to teens

(WTVR) – New York City launched a new smartphone app designed to help teenagers get information about sex without having to see an adult. The city said the goal of the app is to provide information to prevent teen pregnancy.The NYC Protection+ app answers ... [Published WTVR-TV - May 09 2013]

Entities: Sex, Thomas Farley, Contraceptive, Abortion, New York City

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Teen Pregnancy On Decline In NYC, Health Department Says

To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page.The number of teen pregnancies in the city is on the decline.According to the New York City Health Department, ... [Published NY1 - May 08 2013]

Entities: Pregnancy, Thomas Farley, New York City, Adobe Flash, JavaScript

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Don't forget your lunch... AND your dinner! NYC school day to go as late as 6 pm

Thousands of middle school kids will be toiling in classrooms as late as 6 p.m. as of this fall as part of the city’s effort to extend the school day.Twenty middle schools will add an extra 2.5 hours of daily instruction for 2,000 sixth-graders under ... [Published New York Daily News - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Christine Quinn, Community Middle School, Ben Chapman, Thomas Farley, Robin Hood Foundation

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

DOH: Diabetes Rates Climb In NYC Over Past 20 Years

To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page.New numbers are painting a dire picture of the growing diabetes epidemic in New York City.The city Department ... [Published NY1 - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Diabetes, Thomas Farley, Epidemic, Obesity

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 4 reports

NYC Officials Try To Raise Smoking Age To 21

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe OnlineUndeterred by his latest loss on a city-wide soda ban, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is forging ahead with his newest health initiative – raising the smoking age from 18 to 21. Bloomberg issued this ... [Published Red Orbit - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Smoking, Christine Quinn, Michael Bloomberg, George Cardenas

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 24 reports

Under 21 in NYC? Buying Cigarettes Could Be Out Of Reach

NEW YORK (USA TODAY) -- New York put forward a proposal Monday that, if adopted, would make it the first major U.S. city to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21 - the same age for buying alcohol.The proposal is part of a decade-long, ... [Published WUSA 9 - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Michael Bloomberg, Smoking, Christine Quinn, Tobacco

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"you really have to look at how the people you are tipping are making your life more pleasant and less stressful" said Thomas Farley, a New York-based etiquette expert known as Mister Manners

How much should we tip in the US? [Published New Zealand Herald - May 17 2013]

Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said in a press statement that, "not having sex is the surest way to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. but for teens who are having sex, it is important to use birth control and condoms to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. the teens in nyc mobile app provides information in ways that are familiar to teens so they can [get] access to these services."

NYC Health Dept. Creates App to Battle Teen Pregnancy; Bisexuals Included in Video [Published Christian Post - May 15 2013]

..."Prescription opioids can be dangerous drugs," Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City's health commissioner, said in a statement. "they are chemically and biologically very similar to heroin and, like heroin, can lead to addiction and fatal overdose. physicians and patients need to know the potential dangers of using these drugs."

NYC overdose deaths from prescription painkillers up 65% [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]

"Not having sex is the surest way to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections," said Health Commissioner Thomas Farley. "but for teens who are having sex, it is important to use birth control and condoms to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease."

Staten Island teen pregnancy rate drops 35 percent since 2001 [Published Staten Island Live - May 14 2013]

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NYC Health Dept. Creates App to Battle Teen Pre... [Published Christian Post - May 15 2013]
Prescription painkiller deaths up 261 percent i... [Published FOXNews.com - May 15 2013]
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Teen Pregnancy On Decline In NYC, Health Depart... [Published NY1 - May 08 2013]
NYC Unveils Sex Education App to Help Teens Fin... [Published Beta Beat - May 08 2013]
New sex ed app helps teens find birth control [Published New York Daily News - May 08 2013]
Bodega Owners Fight For Right To Sell Cigarette... [Published Gothamist - May 03 2013]
Raising Smoking Age Leads to Argument Between H... [Published French Tribune - May 03 2013]
City shops fume over 21+ cig bill [Published New York Post - May 03 2013]
Health advocates, business owners spar over smo... [Published New York Daily News - May 03 2013]
Business Owners Protest Anti-Tobacco Legislatio... [Published NY1 - May 03 2013]
New York Tobacco Regulations Light Up Public He... [Published WUKY - May 02 2013]
Cigarette regulation proposed in New York City [Published Washington Square News - May 01 2013]
Bloomberg extinguishes civil liberties again [Published Denver University Clarion - Apr 30 2013]
Don't forget your lunch... AND your dinner! NYC... [Published New York Daily News - Apr 30 2013]
NYC school day to go as late as 6 pm [Published New York Daily News - Apr 30 2013]
New York cigarette proposal gains Chicago support [Published DePaul University DePaulia - Apr 29 2013]
More New Yorkers Have Diabetes Than Ever [Published Gothamist - Apr 27 2013]
Quinn eyes higher age to buy cigarettes: 21 [Published Queens Chronicle - Apr 25 2013]
Mayor Bloomberg Plans to Change Age of Buying C... [Published News Talk 990 AM WNTP - Apr 25 2013]
More than 10 percent of NYC's adults have been ... [Published New York Post - Apr 25 2013]
World's Premier Conference on Business and Glob... [Published CSR Wire - Apr 25 2013]

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Bodega Owners Fight For Right To Sell Cigarette... [Published Gothamist - May 03 2013] City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's push to raise the city's tobacco age minimum got local business owners riled up at a City Council hearing yesterday, testifying that changing the minimum from 18 to 21 years of age would harm them financially.The ...
More New Yorkers Have Diabetes Than Ever [Published Gothamist - Apr 27 2013] Here's a little something to mull over while sipping a Sour Power Straw moonshine cocktail: the diabetes rate has nearly doubled among adult New Yorkers over the past 20 years, and city health officials aren't shying away from calling it an epidemic ...
New York City May Raise The Smoking Age To 21 Y... [Published Think Progress - Apr 22 2013] Led by public health crusader Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I), New York City has taken some serious steps to crack down on smoking rates. After instituting the highest cigarette tax in the nation and banning smoking in public places, the city’s smoking ...
Quinn Proposes Raising NYC's Tobacco Age To 21 [Published Gothamist - Apr 22 2013] These young adults may not be able to legally look cool for much longer (Shutterstock / Edyta Pawlowska)Exercising her public health pulpit like the man she hopes to succeed, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has announced pending legislation to raise ...
NYC Lawmakers Propose Raising Smoking Age To 21 [Published The Consumerist - Apr 22 2013] ( Welvis Tarn ) The same morning that the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the tobacco industry’s fight against new warning labels , lawmakers and regulators in New York City have proposed making it illegal for anyone younger than 21 to buy cigarettes. ...

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Farley: Drink limit crucial for health [Published CNN.com - Video - Mar 12 2013]
'Several weeks of flu ahead for NYC' [Published CNN.com - Video - Jan 14 2013]
Flu epidemic sweeps country [Published CNN.com - Video - Jan 14 2013]