Health

• Health Dept.: Third swine flu death in Suffolk

  A Babylon man who died Monday became the third death in Suffolk linked to swine flu.

• Veterinary medicine makes strides along with human care

  Just for an instant, Mack appeared dead.

• Kathy Wollard: Lightning rods: conducting power safely

  How do lightning rods work? Do they attract lightning? asks a reader.

• Amy Mickelson's public cancer battle has benefits, challenges

  "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts announced her breast cancer diagnosis on-air. Elizabeth Edwards hit the campaign trail with husband John Edwards after learning her cancer was back. And singer Melissa Etheridge performed bald and wrote a song about battling breast cancer.

• LI breast cancer survivors share their stories

  While most of the attention will be on the golfers at Bethpage Black this week, the breast cancer diagnosis last month of champion Phil Mickelson's wife, Amy, has turned the spotlight on a medical condition with special meaning on Long Island. The state has documented areas here with higher-than-average incidences of the disease. Mickelson is slated to begin treatment on July 1.

• 300 people trek in LI2Day Breast Cancer Walk

  Sporting sore legs but flashing bright smiles, 300 walkers crossed the finish line Sunday at the LI2Day Breast Cancer Walk.

• Swine flu scare closes 4 more Queens schools

  The swine-flu related death of a Queens educator over the weekend and four more school closures Monday haven't moved Mayor Michael Bloomberg to change his master plan to shutter schools only on a case-by-case basis.

• 5 LI school districts with swine flu cases to stay open

  Five Long Island school districts that have had confirmed cases of swine flu are opting to stay open, citing federal guidelines, even as New York City Monday shut down schools with only suspected cases of the never-before-seen virus.

• Swine flu claims Queens assistant principal

  The swine flu virus claimed its first New York fatality Sunday with the death of an assistant principal at a Queens public school who had fallen sick last week.

• Safety standards to address furniture tipping hazards

  It was just over a year ago when a 75-pound, 25-inch television set placed on what police said was a microwave cart toppled off and fatally injured a 2-year-old Coram girl named Angelina Cook. Her mother was preparing for the girl's bedtime in an adjacent bedroom.

• Victim of furniture crash now a Chaminade student

  Donald McCabe III was 6 when he stood on a stool before an entertainment wall unit to put in a video for his little sister Savannah, then 1. His parents, Teresa and Donald Jr., heard a crash and rushed in to find him bleeding and unconscious, the television on his head.

• Deer Park schools to reopen after swine flu closings

  A week after shutting down when several students were sickened with swine flu, Deer Park's six schools will reopen Monday.

• One less swine flu worry: It's safe to eat pork

  All the hullabaloo about swine flu has been making some consumers wary of eating pork. But there is no connection between the disease and the meat, so go right ahead and order those baby back ribs.

• Facts on swine flu's spread, symptoms, treatment

  What is swine flu?

• Symptoms of swine versus seasonal flu strains

  Many of the symptoms of swine flu are shared with seasonal flu and even other respiratory viruses, which are also in circulation.

• Emergency center in Syosset monitors flu, patient data

  As Queens high school students streamed into two Long Island emergency rooms over the weekend complaining of flu-like illnesses, a highly sophisticated emergency-monitoring system sprang into effect.

• Recent visitors to Mexico worry about swine flu

  Adriana Ayala's recent trip to Mexico City seemed like a simple chance to catch up with family, but now the Garden City graphic designer is concerned - not for herself, but for her relatives.

• Experts: Expect more swine flu cases -- and deaths

  Warning that influenza viruses are exceptionally unpredictable, experts monitoring the swine flu outbreak said Sunday the public should be prepared for many more cases - and deaths.

• 8 city swine flu cases confirmed, 1 suspected in Nassau

  Eight Queens high school students have contracted confirmed cases of swine flu, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday, while Nassau officials said they have one suspected case and test results for eight Suffolk residents were negative.

• The Ilizarov Method

  The most widely practiced technique to lengthen limbs was developed after World War II by Dr. Gavriil Ilizarov to help combat veterans:

• Recession stress burdens LI mental health agencies

  The caller was distraught: He'd just lost his job, and he was reluctant to confide just how desperate and depressed he felt to his wife, who was home on maternity leave with the couple's newly born third child.