A meeting of the Maxine S. Postal Tri Community Health Center Advisory Board has been scheduled to be held on Thursday, March 1, 2012.

A meeting of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility Oversight Committee has been scheduled to be held on Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services’ Division of Environmental Quality will hold its regular monthly Board of Review hearings on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the conference room at 360 Yaphank Ave., Suite 2C, Yaphank, NY 11980.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services will hold its Board of Health meeting on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in the health administrative board room at 225 Rabro Drive East, Hauppauge.

Diabetes affects nearly 26 million people – 8.3 percent of the U.S. population.  More than 18 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes and it is estimated that seven million people have diabetes and don’t know it.