Heroin: How you can tell if someone you love is using and what to do about it
Here's a rundown of the signs and symptoms of heroin use, places to turn for help if someone you care about is using, plus an explanation of how an overdose happens and how naloxone reverses it.
Suffolk’s only medical marijuana dispensary opens in Riverhead
Medical marijuana's recent legalization is personal for Columbia Care's CEO, who helped his mother overcome her debilitating arthritis pain with a topical balm.
With PBMC merger complete, life-saving cardiac and trauma procedures will soon be locally available to East End residents
Today’s historic merger between Peconic Bay Medical Center and Northwell Health will soon make life-saving medical services available to East End residents who have always needed to travel up-island for trauma care and cardiac arrest treatment.
Narcan, lifesaving drug that reverses opiate overdose, is being made available in New York without prescription
The opiate overdose reversal drug naloxone (Narcan) will be made available without prescription at 479 CVS Pharmacy locations throughout New York, with plans in the works to add 1,000 more pharmacies early this year, according to state officials.
Peconic Bay CEO to speak at 2016 annual Leadership Conference in Chicago
Mitchell will deliver an address titled "Using Philanthropy as a Change Agent," joined by Betsy C. Taylor, the principal of Accordant Philanthropy.
Peconic Landing announces aggressive hiring campaign
The organization plans to fill approximately 60 full and part-time positions with openings at both entry and professional levels and will hold two job fairs for prospective employees.
Want to quit smoking in the New Year? Free program starts Jan. 14 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead
With the New Year come resolutions and if you smoke cigarettes and want to quit, the Suffolk County health department and Peconic Bay Medical Center are offering help.
Medical house calls open a window on plight of the elderly on the North Fork
“If you spent a day with me, you would go home, put your head down on your kitchen table and cry,” says Greenport physician assistant Steven Templeton, founder of Medical House Calls of the North Fork. Many elderly live in "absolutely terrible" conditions, alone and lonely, suffering from depression and anxiety, he says.
Free glaucoma eye screening, December 17
Lawrence M. Buono, MD of North Shore Eye Care in Southold will hold a glaucoma screening on December 17 from 10 a.m. to 12...
Caregiver Support Group meets monthly in Mattituck
A support group for caregivers who care for the chronically ill or elderly meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 1:30 p.m....
