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While restrictions on tapping into one’s retirement account have been loosened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local financial planning experts say it still may not be the best option. If it is pursued, however, a person needs to know if ...

American anti-cannabis policy can be traced back to the 1930s, when Harry J. Anslinger led the charge of cannabis prohibition, including industrial hemp, through racially targeted propaganda (“Reefer Madness”) that vilified the Mexican and Black communities. His influence would continue ...

Proponents of legalizing marijuana in New York are mixed on whether waiting until 2021 to get the law passed is a setback or an advantage for the proposed industry. New York was poised this year to become the 12th state ...

The state of New York will pass a bill legalizing recreational marijuana use in: A. 2020, B. 2021, C. in the near future, or D. none of the above. In the summer of 2020, none of those answers can be ...

For 200 years, cardiologists have relied on stethoscopes to be able to assess patients’ hearts and lungs, says Dr. Sabu Thomas, a UR Medicine cardiologist specializing in heart failure. Now, with a handheld, point-of-care ultrasound on the market, a cardiologist ...

Local medical providers are concerned that people may have put off important heart-related medical concerns because they were worried about going to a health care facility during COVID-19. The situation, however, appears to be improving with increased efforts to raise ...

The cardiologist certainly could relate to what his patients were saying. This was his life, too. Stuck in the house in the early days of COVID-19. The gym closed and dreary April days discouraging outdoor exercise. A little anxiety. A ...

The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for businesses and entrepreneurs, both large and small, but experts say there are a number of risk management lessons that can be learned from the unparalleled crisis. Unlike any situation in the past century, ...

Area business owners from across industries are poised to protect and pivot, managing risk as they reopen to foot traffic. But will that usher in a return to business as usual? In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

COVID-19 is likely to have an impact on business insurance moving forward, with area experts saying it could be a balancing act between providing additional coverage for a global pandemic while keeping premiums at a manageable rate. Skip Pleninger, president ...

Over the past few months, our workplaces have changed tremendously. Offices that were once full of people are now nearly empty. Work that was once done in person is now being done at home. With so many now working remotely, ...

COVID-19 is likely to change how senior living facilities and home care agencies operate in the long-term, area experts say, and many are already seeing an impact as people transition to the “new normal.” Among the changes they could see ...

In this upside-down world of COVID-19 almost no one is feeling normal. If you are helping an older parent or other family member as a full or part-time caregiver, you may be feeling extra anxious, stressed and overwhelmed. As if ...

DJ Goldstein said he has learned something each day of his 11 months as executive director of Legacy at Maiden Park. In the past three months, one lesson has been reinforced daily. “Trust is important and I think transparency goes ...

As regions of New York State continue their phased re-openings, businesses of all sizes have prepared or are preparing to recall their employees to return to work — either physically or virtually. As with seemingly every aspect of the COVID-19 ...