Preventing and managing diabetes
Do you have diabetes or pre-diabetes? Learn how to better understand and manage your diabetes so you can live well and reduce your risks.
Vascular disease and treating non-healing wounds
Patients with vascular disease often have non-healing wounds. Wound care begins with treating any underlying problems contributing to non-healing, such as vascular problems that could be impeding blood flow to the area. Learn more about treating vascular problems and how it relates to wound care.
Mather welcomes back Auxiliary Volunteers
Mather Hospital has begun welcoming back its Auxiliary Volunteers, who have been absent from the hospital since March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Meal prep your way to better health
By Daphne Baldwin Kornrich, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN Any behavior change is hard, and it takes time, patience, and consistency. Working with patients who have struggled with weight loss and weight maintenance, I always try to emphasize that behavior change and not the scale will lead to healthy weight loss and maintenance. One behavior change…
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…