Mather Hospital earns top designation for Age Friendly Health System
Mather Hospital has been designated an age-friendly health system at the highest level of “Committed to Care Excellence” by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
Mather Hospital earns top designation for Age Friendly Health System
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital has been designated an age-friendly health system at the highest level of “Committed to Care Excellence” by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Age-Friendly Health Systems aim to follow a set of evidence-based practices, cause no harm and align with what matters to the older adult and their family…
Focusing on mental health: Depression and suicide prevention
Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Knowing the risk factors and treatments for depression and recognizing the warning signs can help prevent suicide.
Get your ZzZ’s
By Janet Domke, RN BSN Sleep is certainly an enjoyable and relaxing activity. It is also one of the most important activities for both our mental and physical health. Did you know sleep affects all your health goals?! Let’s dive a little deeper into the restorative magic that occurs at a cellular level while you…
Greek-inspired summer salad
From your Bariatric Nutrition Team It’s that time of year when nearly every meal contains some type of salad. The chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans) in this salad provide some protein and complex carbohydrates that can make this a light and satisfying main dish or a flavorful side for any grilled meat, poultry, or…
Maritza Groth, MD, honored for chest education programs
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Maritza Groth, MD, medical director of Critical Care and Respiratory Care at Mather Hospital and associate professor of medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, was named a 2021 Distinguished CHEST Educator for the fifth year in a row. Presented by the American College of Chest…
How to deal with difficult emotions
By Barbara Broggelwirth RDN, CDN Like any organism we will do our best to avoid feeling pain. Even an amoeba will move away from a toxin in a petri dish. In fact, we would not have evolved for a millennium if we weren’t programed to move away from things that could harm us. Therefore, it…
Upper abdominal pain – is it your gallbladder?
The gallbladder a small pouch that sits under the liver and its primary function is to store bile produced by the liver to help the body break down and digest the fats you eat. When a problem occurs in the gallbladder it’s usually caused by a blockage in your bile ducts which are the tubes…
A hidden cause of low back pain
While there are many causes of lower back pain, a commonly overlooked cause is the sacroiliac joint. The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is a commonly underdiagnosed cause of both acute and chronic back pain. This is because the pain is typically located in the lower back and can radiate to the groin and buttock which is…
Surprising risk factors for heart disease
The classic and well known signs of a heart problem can include pain, pressure or tightness in the chest. But these are not the only symptoms to be aware of. People often fail to connect other symptoms they experience to their actual cause – the heart. Learn about some surprising risk factors for heart disease…