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Offers an adult asthma management program to help individuals learn to control their asthma. Program materials available online.

Provides a residential adult home for senior citizens as well as a program for those with Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia. Offers 24 hour security daily housekeeping and linen service and three kosher meals served daily. Offers cultural and recreational activities.

Offers services of registered dietician, certified dietician/nutritionist and certified diabetes counselor. Provide nutritional counseling in seminars through Women's Health Center and through speaker's bureau. Plants/maintains herb garden on hospital grounds with help of psychiatry patients.

Offers survivors of brain injury and their caregivers the opportunity to meet with their peers to discuss issues relevant to them. New topics will be introduced at each session by different disciplines.Call for additional information.

Provides information, support groups, research, and advocacy on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.

Protect Allergic Kids (PAK) is a nonprofit arganization and support group that provides a wealth of information on food allergies, anaphylaxis and allergic diseases including Eosinophilic disorders and Celiacs. The PAK program is available to parents, caregivers, teachers and anyone who knows a child affected by these medical conditions. Topics will be discussed including: how to recognize an allergic reaction, safe practices and support at school for food-allergic children, explanation of various food-allergic diseases and resources such as allergen-free foods and books. Offers Speakers Bureau for Schools, libraries, Daycare Centers, etc.

Provides the following: information on the relationship of food additives on a person's behavior, learning and health, dietary program for the attention deficit, autistic, pervasive developmental delay and chemically sensitive individual and written materials that help determine and avoid salicylates in foods, medications and other areas. Also offers food shopping guide, and telephone support from peer parents. Newsletter available.

A 240 bed, skilled, hospital based, nursing facility specializing in long-term residential care, short- term sub acute care, and rehabilitation. Services provided: nutritional care, 24 hour nursing care, therapeutic programs, dentistry, podiatry, ophthalmology, psychiatric and psychological services, and pastoral care. Also provides a state-of-the-art Alzheimer's/ Dementia Care Unit, hemodialysis, hospice care, pain management, respiratory care, physical, occupational, and speech therapy and case management.The Nursing home is also partnered with Suffolk Community College for Licensed Practical Nursing and Registered Nursing Programs dedicated for the advancement and training of the employees of the facility.Call for further information.

Offers individual and group spiritual retreats. Publishes annual calendar of events and offers Prayer-Faith support group for women who have/had cancer. Also has a Prayer Enrollment Office. Call for information.

Offers individuals post laryngectomy the opportunity to meet with peers to discuss issues and experiences they have encountered after surgery.

Ensures that the people who have been diagnosed as being HIV or having AIDS receive all the services and benefits for which they are entitled from the Department of Social Services and many public and private helping agencies. The Department has a dedicated HIV/Aids caseworker who assists visitors. For individuals who come to the building, the caseworker meets face to face and offers services available both at DSS and in the community. Call for detailed information.

Dedicated to breast health using a grassroots approach to raise individual and community awareness and action. Focuses on the causes of breast cancer, the need for prevention, monitoring, informed treatment and accessibility of health care. Conducts a Latino Support Group which meets the last Friday of the month accommodating Spanish speaking participants. Registration is required. Call for further information.

Treats patients with a wide range of chronic pain problems, including: head and neck pain, back pain, arthritis, pelvic and urogenital pain, and pain resulting from injuries, surgery, or various diseases. Treatment may include, but is not limited to: medication, surgery, spinal cord stimulation, nucleoplasty and Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET).

Provides free education programs for adults and youth in the areas of breast cancer, skin cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, and nutrition.

Provides an assisted living home for senior citizens as well as a program for those with Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia.

Offers full genetic counseling and genetic testing services for patients with breast or ovarian cancer, colon cancer of a family history of cancer. A complete family history is obtained for risk assessment. Dominant inheritance risk of transmission to offspring and probabilities of developing disease are discussed. The significance of negative and positive test results are reviewed.

Provides patient services helps Cooley's Anemia families keep in touch with each other raises funds to support research to improve treatment facilities and encourage blood testing, and provides counseling and screening programs.

Provides supplementary outpatient financial assistance to patients with leukemia, the lymphomas, multiple myeloma, Hodgkins and preleukemia as well as referral to other services in the community. Call for more information.

Offers tips on skin care, make-up application, wig/turban demonstrations, etc. for women experiencing changes in their appearance as a result of chemotherapy or radiation treatment side effects. Program offered at various hospitals. Call for location and schedule.

Provides support and information for patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis (also known as IBD or Inflammatory Bowel Disease). These include: hospital visitor, mutual help groups, physician referral service, speakers bureau and peer counseling. Serves both Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

Provides in service training for childcare providers to teach signs, symptoms, and triggers for asthma, including what to do in an emergency. Call for more information.

Provides a team of health care specialists offering a variety of programs serving those with allergies, asthma and primary and secondary immunodeficiency diseases.

Offers women diagnosed with breast cancer the opportunity to discuss challenges and experiences with their peers. Please call for exact dates and times.

Provides fund raising for diabetes research.

Offers individuals diagnosed with cancer the opportunity to meet with peers to discuss their experiences living with illness. Call for meeting times and dates.