By Your Bariatric Nutrition Team You have probably heard the term “GMO”, likely when it is used by products that advertise themselves as “Non-GMO”. GMO stands for “Genetically Modified Organism”. Basically, GMOs have had their genetic code changed in one way or another. The main reasons farmers may grow genetically altered crops are because most…
Nearly half of all women age 40 and older who get mammograms are found to have dense breasts. Dense breast tissue refers to the way breast tissue looks on a mammogram. It’s a normal and common finding. Breast tissue is made up of milk glands, milk ducts, and supportive tissue (dense breast tissue), and fatty…
The time it takes for a patient to see a physician after they have been placed in an ED bed is seven minutes, well below the national benchmark of 15 minutes.
Mather Hospital has earned a 13th top “A” rating from The Leapfrog Group, as well as an Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ from Healthgrades.
It’s time to lace up your sneakers for the 2019 Families Walk for Hope, Saturday May 4, 2019. The Walk will celebrate its 25th year of supporting the Fortunato Breast Health Center at Mather Hospital and breast healthcare in our community.
It’s summer and for many of us that means taking a long awaited vacation. Whether you’re taking planes, trains or automobiles, don’t let back pain interfere with your travel plans. Here are some tips for preventing back pain on your summer holiday.
By Daphne Baldwin Kornrich, MS, RDN, CDN I need to lose weight. I have to exercise. I’m so stressed at work I should be meditating. We have all been there. Sometimes we need to stop, take a breath and think of small changes.
By Melissa Buscetta, RDN There’s always a new diet being promoted as the best approach to weight loss. Unfortunately, many of these diets involve eliminating foods that contain necessary nutrients. Some diets even cut out entire food groups. Many of these fad diets may lack major nutrients, such as dietary fiber and carbohydrates, as well…
By Barbara Broggelwirth, RDN, CDN Do you begin a new exercise routine going full-out, every day, only to stop abruptly when the first hiccup prevents you from getting to the gym? If so, you may be an exercise perfectionist. In any perfectionistic behavior, we set ourselves up for failure by taking an “all or nothing”…
Leo Sternlicht, a longtime member of the Mather Hospital Board of Directors, has been named chairman of the board.