Sam Narouz sees everything more clearly these days. The faces of his two children are clearer. He even jokes with his wife that he can see all the dust in their house now. After years of wearing progressively stronger glasses and his eyesight deteriorating to the point where he was legally blind, Narouz, 57, of…
One moment Wendy Young was at a spin class at her Miller Place gym, working up a sweat to the driving beat of the music. The next thing she remembered she was in an ambulance on her way to Mather Hospital. "I passed out," said the 50-year-old mother of two from Middle Island. "They said…
Whether they walked in support of a family member with breast cancer, or in memory of someone whose life was cut short by the disease, participants in the Families Walk for Hope also raised funds for the Fortunato Breast Health Center. This year’s walk took place under somewhat gloomy skies on Saturday, May 5 at Mather Hospital.…
Some degree of memory loss is a fairly common part of aging, but should not prevent you from living a full and productive life. We all can misplace our keys or struggle to come up the name of an acquaintance we haven’t seen in a while. There’s a difference, however, between the type of memory…
The Transitional Care Unit (TCU) at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital was ranked among the nation’s best nursing homes by U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Nursing Homes rankings. This is the second consecutive year that the TCU has earned the top five-star rating from the survey. The 16-bed TCU is a short-term healthcare…