FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com MAY 8, 2014 • The queens Courier 17 A Better Kind of Cancer Care “No hospital in the region offers more treatment options for prostate cancer patients than Winthrop.” Dr. Aaron E. Katz is Chairman of Winthrop’s Department of Urology and an internationally recognized teacher and clinician who joined Winthrop from a prestigious New York City academic medical center. He is a widely published author and a pioneer in the use of cryotherapy and active holistic surveillance for prostate cancer. “After 20 years at a major metropolitan teaching hospital, I moved over to one of the most outstanding medical centers in the nation: Winthrop-University Hospital. I rmly believe that Winthrop cancer care is the highest I have seen. Our prostate cancer program is the most progressive I know of, with modalities including CyberKnife®, cryotherapy, minimally invasive robotic surgery and active holistic surveillance. It all comes down to what’s best for each patient. “I truly believe that at Winthrop we’re providing a better kind of cancer care.” …†‡ First Street, Mineola, New York ŽŽ†‘Ž • Ž.“””.WINTHROP • winthrop.org HAVING GLASSES BY ISABELLA TAXILAGA BIOGRAPHY: My name is Isabella Taxilaga and I am in the first grade at P.S. 122 in Astoria. My favorite things to do are reading, writing and drawing. I love to write poems, songs and stories about my family and what I feel. I really love doing this job and I’m very happy and proud to write for everybody. A n y o n e can write as much as they want and become really good — I did that, too. Writing makes me really happy, I hope it makes you feel wonderful, too! This is my story on the journey of getting glasses. I have had my glasses for almost a whole school year. When I first found out I had to wear glasses I was really excited. I thought it was cool, because my mom also has glasses but I didn’t know that it was going to be so difficult. I first found out I needed glasses when I took an eye test at school and I realized I could not see very well. I received a paper from school saying that my mom had to take me to the eye doctor for more tests. I was a little nervous to have the tests because they had so many tools there and the doctor had to put special drops in my eyes. The drops made me see blurry and I could barely see for the whole day. The doctor and my mom made me feel comfortable and then I was not nervous anymore. After the appointment, the doctor — who is called the ophthalmologist — gave my mom another paper that said the right kind of glasses that I needed. Then came the fun part, going to the eyeglasses store! That afternoon I picked and I picked and I picked, until I found the perfect pair. They were black around the lenses and violet everywhere else. They said I would get my glasses on Thursday. It was the longest wait, but on Thursday I finally got them. When I first put them on I felt brand new. It was difficult the first couple of days to see with them but I got used to them. The next day I went to school with my glasses on and all of my friends and the teacher loved them so much. Even though some people told me that I looked better without glasses I know they help me see. I need them to do my work and read my books. It might be like this for you, you might have glasses for books or for all day like me! But here’s one important thing I learned: DON’T break them!! Isabella was the grand prize winner of The Be Kind People Project’s national student writing contest. Subway delay alerts jump BY CRIS TABELLE TUMOLA [email protected]/@CristabelleT The number of MTA electronic alerts cautioning riders about subway delays has jumped in the city, with the F train showing the most incidents in 2013, according to transit advocacy group Straphangers Campaign. The group’s analysis found that the amount of alerts on delay-generating incidents went from 2,967 in 2011 to 3,998 in 2013, an increase of 35 percent. “The increase in alerts is a troubling sign that subway service is deteriorating,” said Gene Russianoff, staff attorney for the Straphangers Campaign. The analysis, which looked at 20 subway lines, but not any of the shuttles, examined only alerts that were deemed “controllable,” excluding incidents such as sick passengers and police activity. Data from 2012 was also eliminated because of Superstorm Sandy’s effect on the numbers. With 326 controllable MTA alerts in 2013, the F line had the most delay-generating incidents that year. The J/Z line had the fewest with 53 incidents. It was also the most improved line, with 9 percent fewer delay alerts between 2011 and 2013, and was also the only one to experience a reduction in delay alerts during that period. Despite the spike in alerts, Queens fared well compared to the other boroughs. Queens had the second fewest delay-generating controllable incidents in 2013, with 604. The Bronx had the fewest, with 416. Queens also showed the smallest jump in alerts out of the four boroughs that the subways serve, going from 489 in 2011 to 604 in 2013, a 24 percent change. Citywide, mechanical problems generated the most alerts and accounted for about 35 percent of them, followed by signals at 31 percent and track incidents at 13 percent. The MTA has been issuing electronic alerts to riders via email and text message since November 2008. To sign up for the free service, visit www.mymtaalerts.com.
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