Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Poor responding gynecologic cancers get boost from genomic profiling

    Poor responding gynecologic cancers get boost from genomic profiling

    Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey examining gynecologic cancers that poorly respond to therapy shows genomic profiling can help identify alternate and targeted treatments. The findings are being presented as part of a poster presentation by members of the Rutgers Cancer Institute precision medicine team at the recent Annual Meeting of the American…

  • Fighting obesity starts at an early age

    Fighting obesity starts at an early age

    By Dr. Ira Shapiro It’s official. Global obesity has reached epidemic proportions. The latest studies show that nearly 25 percent of all adults worldwide will be obese by 2025. Unfortunately, the rest of the of world is catching up to the United States in a contest we really don’t want to win. The obesity rate…

  • Exercise and the dog days of summer

    Exercise and the dog days of summer

    By Joe Stein and Dr. Heather Baginski A few days ago a client was talking about how hot it’s been recently and said we’re not even in the “dog days of summer yet.” I checked the Old Farmer’s Almanac and found that the 40 days between July 3 and Aug. 11, 2016 are indeed the…

  • Men visit the doctor less frequently than women

    Men visit the doctor less frequently than women

    Men and women have many similarities and many differences. Comparing the sexes can be complicated, as many such comparisons come with caveats that can explain many differences. But the disparity between how often men visit their doctors and women visit theirs defies such explanations, and men may want to start emulating women to ensure long-term…

  • CentraState to host Cancer Survivors Day celebration June 5

    CentraState to host Cancer Survivors Day celebration June 5

    The Statesir Cancer Centre is hosting its ninth annual Cancer Survivors Day event on June 5 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The free event is open to anyone who has been touched by cancer and will be held at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main St. The event will include…

  • Bartley Healthcare to hold seminar about stress June 16

    Bartley Healthcare to hold seminar about stress June 16

    Bartley Healthcare welcomes the community to come join them and the Center for Healthy Aging at Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus, for a discussion on the causes of stress at its campus located at 175 Bartley Road, Jackson on June 16 at 5:30 p.m. According to the American Institute of Stress, three out of four…

  • CentraState’s Wound Program earns Joint Commission Reaccreditation

    CentraState’s Wound Program earns Joint Commission Reaccreditation

    The Central Jersey Wound Treatment Center at CentraState Medical Center has once again earned The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification. CentraState earned the two-year certification by demonstrating compliance with the Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in wound care. The Central Jersey Wound Treatment Center at CentraState provides a multidisciplinary approach to…

  • Stop hurting, start living

    Stop hurting, start living

    By Amit Poonia, M.D. Neuro-Stim System (NSS) is an FDA-approved pain treatment program. Neuro-Stim System produces a low frequency and constant pulse to help reduce post-operative pain and decrease the need for pain narcotics. The device relieves pain without the harmful side effects commonly associated with pain medications. The neurostimuator stimulates the patient’s pain modulation…

  • Community YMCA encourages water safety to prevent accidents this summer

    Community YMCA encourages water safety to prevent accidents this summer

    As swim season approaches, The Community YMCA encourages parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s water safety. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death among children under the age of 14. “Teaching children how to swim and be safe around…