According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is found in about 1 in every 3,000 pregnant women. It’s also the most common type of cancer found during pregnancy, breastfeeding and within the first year of delivery.

When LIBN sat down with Dr. Samuel Stanley in October 2009, he’d barely settled into the president’s office at Stony Brook University. Five years later, he’s helped the East Setauket school build a national reputation for athletic and academic excellence, and drawn attention to its groundbreaking research; now Stanley is focusing on graduation rates.

News 12 separates the fact from the fiction and tries to answer some of the questions concerning residents.

Tucked on the fringes of Kingsborough College’s campus in Brooklyn’s Manhattan Beach, walled off from the corner of a computer lab, sits a small room about 10 feet square. But inside isn’t the usual jumble of printers, monitors and cables. Instead, the space houses neatly stacked food essentials–from tuna fish, pasta and peanut butter to juice, milk and canned fruits and vegetables.

Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new study that shows our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 years ago.
And it hints at an even earlier dawn of creativity in modern humans, going back to Africa, than scientists had thought.

Suffolk County lawmakers approved a ban on powdered caffeine Tuesday.
Lawmakers call the substance downright dangerous for teens. According to the FDA, a single teaspoon of the powdered pure caffeine is equivalent of at least 25 cups of coffee.
Dr. William Lawson says the powder can have side effects like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

The new 4,000-seat Stony Brook Arena, home to Stony Brook men’s and women’s basketball teams, opened on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. The new arena will deliver the ultimate fan experience, including Seawolves basketball action, concerts and the best in family friendly entertainment.

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whose investigative reporting helped bring down the Nixon presidency, will lecture together at Stony Brook University on Oct. 16.

Dr. Hymes talks about Ebola