Diverticulosis vs. Diverticulitis – Do you know the difference?
Understand what makes diverticulitis more dangerous and how you can avoid complications.
Warm red cabbage salad
From your Bariatric nutrition team (Serves 6) Red cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable that is a good source of vitamin K and provides some calcium, magnesium, and zinc, needed to build and maintain healthy bones. Cabbage is also high in antioxidants that help reduce health risks. Serve this sweet and tangy side dish with pork…
When is spine surgery necessary?
If you experience chronic, unrelenting back or neck pain, you’re not alone. Back pain that won’t go away despite conservative, non-operative treatments, is the most common type of chronic pain. Only one out of 10 people in the U.S. with chronic pain end up needing spine surgery, and the spine surgeons associated with Mather’s Back…
Why we need calcium and how to get it
By Helaine Krasner, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN Calcium is commonly known for its important role in bone health, but it is also needed for proper nerve and muscle function. This essential mineral also plays a role in blood clotting, enzyme function and maintaining a normal heart rhythm. Our body stores calcium in bones and teeth,…
Diverticulosis vs. Diverticulitis – Do you know the difference?
As you age the lining of your digestive tract can start to weaken in some spots. This is a common occurrence that can lead pockets or little sacs to form and bulge outward through the wall of the colon. One of these pockets is called a diverticulum and more than one is known as diverticula,…
Mather Hospital names Vincent Cascone Director of Engineering
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Vincent Cascone has been named Director of Engineering at Mather Hospital. Cascone was previously Assistant Director of Engineering at Long Island Jewish Medical Center since 2019. He had joined the Engineering team there in 2007and over the years held several management positions. Earlier, he was a New York City firefighter and…
Daniel Perrault, MD, named Pathology Department director at Mather Hospital
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Daniel Perrault, MD, has been named director of the Department of Pathology at Mather Hospital. Dr. Perrault was previously a staff pathologist and residency teaching staff member in the Department of Pathology and Area Laboratory Services at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, TX. Prior to that he was…
Practice sleep hygiene for a better night’s rest
By Janet Domke, RN BSN Sleep is essential to our wellbeing but usually the last thing on our selfcare list. Fatigue is one of the most common complaints given to doctors by Americans. Lack of sleep can lead to weight gain, irritability, and many other things. The hunger hormone “ghrelin” tends to increase when the…
Life with a congestive heart failure diagnosis
What does a diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) mean and how do you move on with your life?
Joseph Ng, MD, named Associate Medical Director of Mather Hospital
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Joseph Ng, MD, has been promoted to Associate Medical Director at Mather Hospital. In his new role Dr. Ng will assist Senior VP/CMO Joan Faro, MD, in managing medical staff issues and will be directly involved in the quality management activities of the medical staff. Dr. Ng joined Mather Hospital as…