10.18.2015 Health Health Column: Need to relax? Try out an essential oil A few weeks ago, I did something I quickly learned was a mistake: I applied a dab of peppermint essential oil to my temples and wrists, inadvertently giving myself...
10.04.2015 Health Health Column: Five weeks after a new kidney, a Ph.D. The prospect of defending a thesis to a panel of discerning advisers is enough to make any Ph.D. candidate sweat. Still, I’m willing to bet most of them haven’t...
09.27.2015 Health Health Column: Free braces can give some a better smile Riverhead orthodontist Dr. Victor Grazina knows just how much straight teeth can bolster a child’s self-confidence.
09.20.2015 Health Health Column: An alternative to AA for heavy drinkers Self-identified “problem drinker” Romola Hodas used to attend abstinence-based Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, but she stopped after deciding she didn’t want to give up alcohol altogether.
09.13.2015 Health Health Column: Are you a candidate for LASIK surgery? For the past 15 years, I’ve worn contact lenses to correct my nearsightedness, the layman’s term for myopia. During that time, I’ve noticed that laser vision correction surgery has...
09.04.2015 Health Mosquito in Riverhead tests positive for West Nile virus A mosquito sample taken in Riverhead tested positive for the West Nile Virus, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James L. Tomarken announced today.
08.29.2015 Health Health Column: The healing qualities of massage therapy If you’re suffering from arthritis, fibromyalgia, stress-related insomnia or anxiety, you might want to consider treating yourself to a massage.
07.13.2015 Health Health: Express your wishes through a living will In January, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late Whitney Houston, was found unconscious and facedown in a bathtub. She was rushed to the hospital, where doctors determined...