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The Stony Brook University hospital. Oregon was the first state to codify a right-to-death law in 1997. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

Everybody should have the option to die with dignity

Danielle Arebalo March 8, 2019
Since the first American right-to-die law was codified in Oregon in 1997, 1,459 patients have died ingesting the medications prescribed under the Act.
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A member of the Hancock County GlamourGals chapter applies nail polish on Clarabelle,a senior citizen at Findlay Fox Run Assisted Living in Findlay, Ohio, in September. COURTESY OF HANCOCK COUNTY GLAMOURGALS

GlamourGals aims to beautify Long Island senior citizens

Katarina Delgado November 27, 2016
Founded on Long Island, GlamourGals is a national volunteer organization of high school and college-aged students that give makeovers to citizens living in senior homes.
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Michael Gernomino, a resident at the Long Island State Veterans Home, tests Anurag Purwars mobility device. (PHOTO CREDIT: STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY)

Professor’s mobility device going on market

Jaclyn Lattanza April 15, 2013

Dr. Hari Pillai, a retired local physician, struggled to sit and stand on his own. For someone who had polio as a child and relapsed in 2000, the task is not so easy. In an attempt to aid him, Anurag...

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