01.19.2022 COVID-19 Following winter surge, COVID-19 cases across region on decline After the massive wave of COVID-19 infections, fueled by the omicron variant, swept across the region beginning in December, the number of cases has now begun to steadily decline....
10.08.2021 Health Health care professionals emphasize importance of flu vaccine ahead of potentially severe flu season Nearly half of Americans are unsure or do not plan to get vaccinated against the flu this year, despite a potentially worse than average flu season. Forty-four percent of...
07.07.2021 Health New approach to opioid treatment as Quannacut joins national study Treatment for patients struggling with opioid addiction is often a multi-faceted approach. Medication can help ease the patient’s symptoms of withdrawal and cravings. And the counseling portion of treatment...
07.02.2021 Health Southold physician retires from private practice to spend more time at SBELIH The doctor known for his patience with patients remains one busy man. As Dr. Lloyd Simon sees it, having recently retired from private practice, he now has only two...
02.27.2018 Health Doctors offer advice for the aging patient and their caregivers If you’re a senior, you may well be seeing more doctors now in a single year than you did during all the previous years of your life combined. Many...