With warmer weather comes the urge to get outdoors, to walk, jog, ride a bike and play ball, all the things we’ve been dreaming of all winter. But painful legs and feet may keep some indoors or on the sidelines. That pain may be due to peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a common problem caused by…
Gerald Buckley of Wading River couldn’t tell you much about his prostate cancer treatments at Precision CyberKnife of New York, except that they were easy and painless. "Talk about not hurting or being invasive!" he said. "I fell asleep four out of the five treatments when they put the headsets on and played country music.…
Healing Patients for 20 Years While summer on Long Island means a return to the beach for many people, those who suffer from non-healing wounds often dread the thought of swimsuits and sandals. However, patients who receive appropriate treatment for their wounds are able to dive right back into their active lives. For Janice Santacapita,…
Mather Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The award recognizes Mather’s commitment to quality and success in implementing a higher standard of care for stroke patients using nationally accepted clinical guidelines. "Mather Hospital is dedicated to providing the best possible care for our…
Your Aging Eyes, Advances in Cardiac Care, Food as Medicine, Financial Health After 50 and Your Aching Back will be among the seminars offered at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital’s second annual HealthyU seminar series and health fair on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 am to 2 pm. HealthyU will take place in the new…
It wasn’t until her mid-30s that Pam Sini of East Setauket learned she had serious kidney problems. As a young child, doctors had misdiagnosed her condition as polio, and she underwent treatment common at the time for polio that involved having her limbs wrapped to prevent paralysis. When Pam Sini, wife of Mather Board Member…
Susan Morin, RN, MS, PMHCNS-BC, NPP, psychiatric nurse practitioner and Director of Mather’s Adolescent Partial Hospitalization and Eating Disorder Programs, was named a NY-NJ regional winner in Nurse.com’s prestigious Nursing Excellence GEM (Giving Excellence Meaning) Awards. The GEM Awards program honors superior nurses across the country who make a measurable difference and raise the bar…
Experts in Healing Summary: Mather is one of only six Long Island hospitals to receive top score from The Leapfrog Group Mather Hospital has received The Leapfrog Group’s top "A" Hospital Safety Score for the fifth consecutive ratings period. Mather is one of only 251 hospitals in the nation to have achieved an "A" grade…
Mather Hospital has established a Chiropractic Collaboration to provide coordinated patient care, education and outreach to patients who access both medical and chiropractic care. The Collaboration Program has more than 70 members from the Hamptons to Commack and is the first of its kind on Long Island. According to the American Chiropractic Association, approximately 20…
Every journey begins with one step, whether it’s climbing a mountain or preventing heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, costs the United States $312.6 billion each year. This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity. These conditions also are leading causes of disability, preventing Americans…