Maintaining your health is something that is important to everyone, and with the medical advances that are made, it seems as though there are new ways to improve your health & wellness each and every day. Long Island Health & Wellness articles will give you the scoop on the important health issues you'll want to know about, as well as topics of specific interest to Long Islanders.
By Long Island News & PR June 19, 2015
Following the amassing of thousands of dead bunker fish on the shores of the Peconic River on May 29, 2015 and June 14, 2015, health officials are warning residents and visitors who choose to recreate ...
By Long Island News & PR June 17, 2015
The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans to treat parts of the following salt marshes by helicopter to control mosquito larvae.
By Long Island News & PR June 17, 2015
Family Planning Advocates of New York State today thanked the New York State Assembly for passing the “Boss Bill” protecting New Yorker’s rights to make their own basic health care decisions, which includes using contraception.
By Long Island News & PR June 15, 2015
Due to the heavy rainfall that occurred overnight and today (6/15/15), the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued an advisory against bathing at 64 beaches.
By Long Island News & PR June 14, 2015
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Department of Health Services Commissioner Dr. James Tomarken invite residents who are at risk for developing type-2 diabetes to attend a program that will help them reduce their risk.
By Long Island News & PR June 11, 2015
DEC Commissioner Joe Martens and State DOH Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., J.D. today issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the New York City and Long Island regions of New York State for Thursday, June ...
By Long Island News & PR June 11, 2015
Stony Brook University has confirmed cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue–green algae, in Maratooka Lake in Mattituck.
By Allison Gayne June 09, 2015
ACLD designates its main Bethpage location a smoke-free campus.
By Long Island News & PR June 08, 2015
The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans to treat parts of the following salt marshes by helicopter to control mosquito larvae.
By Long Island News & PR June 07, 2015
The Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS) and the Brookhaven Animal Shelter will offer free rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats and ferrets.
By Long Island News & PR June 04, 2015
Copiague Harbor Beach in Copiague and Lloyd Harbor Village Beach in Lloyd Harbor are closed to bathing due to the finding of bacterial levels in excess of acceptable criteria.
By Long Island News & PR June 04, 2015
The Suffolk County Department of Health Services and the Suffolk County Board of Health* today issued an urgent warning to parents about a newly synthesized drug known as Flakka or gravel.
By Long Island News & PR June 03, 2015
Legislator Hahn’s “Toxin Free Toys Act” will prohibit the sale of children’s toys that contain potentially unsafe levels of six hazardous chemicals; protect children from known carcinogens.
By Long Island News & PR June 03, 2015
Local resident featured in national anti-smoking campaign lends her voice to raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco use.
By Long Island News & PR June 03, 2015
Melanoma rates doubled between 1982 and 2011 but comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs could prevent 20 percent of new cases between 2020 and 2030, according to this month’s Vital Signs report.
By Long Island News & PR June 02, 2015
Due to the heavy rainfall that occurred Monday and Tuesday, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued an advisory against bathing at 63 beaches.
By Long Island News & PR June 01, 2015
Two resolutions recently approved by the Suffolk County Legislature that address public health risks associated with powdered caffeine and liquid nicotine have been adopted by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)!
By Long Island News & PR May 28, 2015
For more than 40 years, American families and businesses across the country have counted on the Clean Water Act to protect the streams and wetlands we rely on for our way of life – from ...
By Long Island News & PR May 28, 2015
Our environment can have a major impact on how we develop, and it turns out it’s no different for cancer cells.
By Long Island News & PR May 27, 2015
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today announced that Nassau County is in the process of re-establishing a mental health clinic in Long Beach, which has been without such a facility since Superstorm Sandy in ...