Diabetes is a leading killer in the United States and is reaching epidemic proportions.  This is largely due to our increasingly aging population, but other factors are significant such as obesity and sedentary life styles.  More and more of us are in a rush  to get our meals down.  This,  combined with the relative inexpense of fast food restaurants has led to their popularity, which are well known for their highly caloric meals, especially when supersized.  Large screen TV's, fast computers, and high tech computer games  are major contributors to our lack of exercise. Because diabetes has become such a major health issue it behooves all of us to get routine screening blood tests by the time we have reached middle age.  The best tests to have your Doctor perform are fasting blood sugars as well as HgA1c  testing which tests the amount of blood sugar attached to your blood cells over several months.  Should levels approach the danger l

Everyone knows someone that has had successful cataract surgery.  The eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york see many patients each day that require cataract surgery.  A cataract is a natural aging of the lens of the eye that causes the lens to cloud up and cause blurred vision and glare.  Many of our Long Island patients complain of glare with oncoming headlights while driving at night and glare with sunlight.  Things that used to be easy to see become difficult like reading a book or seeing traffic signs.  When these symptoms become significant enough to cause a compromise in quality of life, the cataract surgeons and eye surgeons in our Long Island New York eye care practice suggest cataract surgery.  Cataract surgery is performed by our board certified cataract surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro.  We perform cataract surgery through microscopic incisions using eye drops for anes