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Getting vaccinated for the flu and avoiding exposure to people with the illness are the best ways to avoid getting it, medical experts say.

Woodmere resident Alli Berman, who has had the flu for more than a week, received the flu vaccination from her physician in mid-November and thought she would avoid the flu epidemic until she attended a family function earlier this month. more

By Ann Friedman | 1/16/13

Gina McLoughlin, who works in Woodmere and lives in Island Park, is raising awareness of the cancer test, BRCA, which determines person’s risk for breast and ovarian cancers. From left, McLoughlin and her mother, JoAnn Jermann.

Lowering the possibility of not knowing

After her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer seven years ago, Gina McLoughlin asked her doctor about the BRCA test, a test that identifies a person’s family history and determines their risk for developing Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome. more

By Ann Friedman | 10/11/12

Vinnie Biondo used lifesaving techniques to resuscitate a Lawrence club member.

Jolt of electricity just in time

When Lawrence Yacht & Country Club golf starter Vinnie Biondo got a call from the club’s office last Saturday, alerting him that a member was having a heart attack on the 11th hole, he grabbed an automated external defibrillator and ran to the scene. more

By Ann Friedman | 10/11/12

At the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club, longtime employee Vinnie Biondo used a defibrillator and performed CPR to save a golfer's life.

Longtime Lawrence Yacht & Country Club employee saves golfer’s life

Vinnie Biondo, who has worked at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club for 37 years, helped to saved the life of a golfer on Oct. 6. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/8/12

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s new MRI machine was unveiled on June 27. From left, Dr. Michael Tartell, Bishop Lawrence Provenzano, Director of Imaging Department Patricia Gillespie, Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway), Rabbi Tzvi Flamm and Chief Executive Officer of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Nelson E. Toebee.

A bigger, better way to get an MRI

Quieter, more spacious and better overall for patients is how Patricia Gillespie, the director of the Imaging Department at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, describes the Far Rockaway facility’s new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. more

By Ann Friedman | 7/5/12

A 14-year-old Queens died drowned in the water off of the beach by Beach 19th Street in Far Rockaway.

Queens boy drowns at Far Rockaway beach

A 14-year-old Queens boy who just completed his freshman year at August Martin High School drowned in the surf off of Far Rockaway on June 12 after efforts to revive him failed. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/13/12

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is trying to handle the increased patient volume it has received since Peninsula’s closing. Above, the nurses of the Pulmonary Care Unit earned peer recognition as the best clinical unit in the hospital.

St. John’s tries to meet demand

Since the closing of Peninsula Hospital Center in March, the nearly 107-year-old St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is now the only hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula, and it is doing its best to accommodate increased patient volume. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/31/12

Lawrence-Cedarhurst and Woodmere firefighters responded to 36 Maple Ave. in Cedarhurst and revived a 2-year-old who was not breathing on Thursday.

Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighters revive infant

A busy afternoon for the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department became busier as firefighters responded to a home at 36 Maple Ave. in Cedarhurst on May 10 at 4 p.m. to a call for a 2-year-old not breathing. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/11/12

Development Board member and event co-chair Peter Frankel, left, sang a song to his wife Nancy, center, also a Development Board member with help from Billy Joel band saxophonist Mark Rivera at St. John Episcopal Hospital’s fundraising event.

St. John's Episcopal Hospital's Development board raises $25K at Woodmere Club fundraiser

Approximately $25,000 was raised to support the intensive, cardiac and emergency services for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital at the Far Rockaway’s facility’s Development Board Billy Joel Premiere Show benefit at the Woodmere Club on March 29. more

4/19/12

Nelson Toebbe, chief executive officer of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, spoke about his hospital’s services at the Lawrence Association meeting.

Drawing on their Five Towns ties

Though the hospital is in Far Rockaway, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital has strong ties with the Five Towns as more than a few doctors connected with the facility either grew up, live in or have practices in the area. more

JEFF BESSEN | 2/23/12

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