03.08.2020 Health Bellone: Suffolk’s first coronavirus patient is male in his 40s Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Sunday morning tweet that Suffolk County now has its first confirmed case of the coronavirus. In a statement Sunday afternoon, Suffolk County Executive...
10.09.2017 Health PBMC unveils new cardiac catheterization lab Peconic Bay Medical Center will unveil its new cardiac cath lab Monday, Oct. 16 — a facility that will bring “life-saving service” to the East End when it officially...
03.24.2017 Health Zeldin responds to failed attempt to repeal Affordable Care Act House Republicans on Friday withdrew legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), who campaigned on the promise to help repeal the ACA — known as...
03.18.2017 Health 50+ magazine: Tips from doctors on how to keep your body young Taking care of your body is important at any age, but it’s likely something we think more and more about as we cross the 50-year threshold.
09.23.2016 Health Riverhead to go pink next month in support of breast cancer survivors Nearly 250,000 women will be diagnosed with an invasive form of breast cancer this year alone. And according to the American Cancer Society, one in about 36 women with...
09.04.2016 Health PBMC doctor performs first surgery using ground-breaking instruments Dr. Agostino Cervone of Peconic Bay Medical Center jokes that he can tell what kind of surgery a person has had based on the size and location of a...
07.31.2016 Health Health Column: A more precise way to remove cataracts Cataract removal surgery recently became more cutting-edge at Eastern Long Island Hospital, where ophthalmologist Dr. Lawrence Buono has been performing what hospital officials are calling a “breakthrough” technique since...
07.24.2016 Health Health Column: They refuse to be defined by epilepsy “Epilepsy is what you have, not what you are,” reads a flier advertising monthly meetings of a Riverhead support group for people with the neurological condition. “Epilepsy is part...