It’s cold and flu season: ‘Get Smart’ about antibiotics
With the arrival of cold and flue season, health officials want residents and health care professionals alike to 'Get Smart' about antibiotics use.
Medicare: flu shot coverage, time to shop around for drug plans
The Medicare Rights Center answers questions about flu shot coverage, Part D comparison-shopping and the "Extra Help" program that provides assistance with prescription drug costs for seniors with limited incomes.
New Ebola screening protocols, including mandatory quarantines, in NY; two returning travelers in Suffolk being monitored
As state steps up monitoring of West Africa travelers, and announces mandatory quarantine of people who've had direct contact with Ebola victims, East Moriches school district alerts parents that relatives of an employee are among those being monitored, but employee "currently poses no risk."
With Ebola directives ‘evolving’ almost daily, local hospitals work to keep up
Hospitals in Greenport and Riverhead have stepped up training as federal and state health officials issue new directives and guidance for screening and handling of possible Ebola patients at their hospitals.
Enterovirus D-68 confirmed in Suffolk County; four kids hospitalized
The respiratory infection may become severe and cause serious complications in children who have asthma or are immune-compromised.
Putting Ebola in perspective, seeking solutions to infectious diseases
To protect our community from the unlikely event that we would diagnose a patient with the Ebola virus infection at Stony Brook University Hospital, we have put in place very specific guidelines on how to identify patients at risk for Ebola.
Stony Brook professor receives SUNY Grant to develop spinal cord blood flow device
The SUNY grant supports his development of a disposable spinal cord probe designed to help measure spinal cord blood flow as a tool measure spinal cord ischemia, which can lead to paralysis.
The first step to the chain of survival: the importance of learning CPR
Whether you are a parent, grandparent or babysitter, taking a CPR class should be at the top of your priority list, says East Moriches EMT Critical Care Provider Kerrie Franceschini.
Marci’s Medicare Answers: home health care, fraud and Medicare Savings Program
Marci’s Medicare Answers is a service of the Medicare Rights Center, the nation’s largest independent source of information and assistance for people with Medicare.
Stony Brook Vein Center awarded with IAC Accreditation
First Accredited Vein Center on Long Island, Second in the New York State
