5 healthy heart habits from a cardiologist
A cardiologist shares the top five ways he keeps his heart beating strong, plus ways you can adopt the same habits.
Four Mather Hospital nursing units honored for patient satisfaction
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital’s 2 East, 2 East Bariatric, 2 South and Transitional Care Unit inpatient nursing units received awards from Northwell Health for achieving top patient satisfaction scores in 2020. The North Star 90 Awards are presented to individual nursing units, facilities and physician practices within Northwell Health performing in the 90th…
Insulin resistance
By Daphne Baldwin Kornrich, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN Insulin resistance is getting a lot of attention lately. Medical professionals, the daily news, television, magazines, and social media outlets are all shining new light on this serious, silent health condition, with many promoting yet again another magical diet that will correct this condition.
Decision Women present Fortunato Breast Health Center with grant for breast cancer treatment handbooks
PORT JEFFERSON, NY ― Decision Women in Commerce and Professions – Long Island presented the Fortunato Breast Health Center with an $1,800 grant to purchase Breast Cancer Treatment Handbooks, which are given to every woman diagnosed with breast cancer at the Center. “The founding and current members of Decision are pleased that for over 40…
5 healthy heart habits from a cardiologist
A cardiologist shares the top five ways he keeps his heart beating strong, plus ways you can adopt the same habits.
Mather Hospital physician teachers honored by Northwell Health
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Three Mather physicians and graduate medical education faculty members were chosen as recipients of the 2020-2021 Northwell Health Teacher of the Year award. They are: Yassar Abdelbaki, MD – Hospital Medicine, honored by our Internal Medicine program Michael Destefano, MD – Psychiatry, honored by our Psychiatry program Zachary Kuschner, MD –…
Mather Hospital’s Graduate Medical Residency program grows with new fellowship and a new class of residents
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital’s Graduate Medical Education program (GME) has received approval for a new gastroenterology fellowship to begin July 2021. The new program will eventually have a total of six fellows, two in each of the program’s three years. The first two fellows will start on July 1, 2021. “We are excited…
Exercise is a two-way conversation with your body
By Barbara Broggelwirth, RDN, CDN True story: I was working out with an online fitness app when the trainer said “you are capable of more than you think. If you are shaking or feel pain, that is just your brain’s way of telling you that it is sensing pain. You can work past it,” and…
Mather Hospital graduate nurse residency program reaccredited with distinction
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital’s New Graduate Nurse Transition to Practice program – also known as a nurse residency program – has been reaccredited with distinction for four years by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Mather’s nurse residency program, which became the first to be accredited in New York State in 2018, helps…
Whole grain goodness
By Helaine Krasner, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN We are living in a time of unprecedented carb phobia. Messages that try to convince us that carbohydrates are harmful to our health and wellness proliferate on the internet and other media outlets. While it’s true that excessive intake of carbohydrates may have negative effects – especially when…