Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Women and heart disease: Go Red for women this month
By Eric J. Uhrik, M.D. Each year National Wear Red Day is a day set aside for women to learn how to lessen their risk for heart attack and stroke. Heart disease and stroke kill 1 in 3 women, yet it is 80 percent preventable with lifestyle changes and medication. It’s never too late for…
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Avoid food poisoning by keeping listeria under control
By Sandra Arango-Fahmy, M.D. Ice cream and octopus salad, hummus and organic mangoes were just a few foods recalled by the Food and Drug Administration in New Jersey during the past year due to listeria contamination. Listeria, or listeriosis, is a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, according…
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Can apple cider vinegar really help manage diabetes?
By Dragana Jokic, M.D. Is vinegar really not just for salad anymore? Some celebrities claim it helps them maintain their figures. Some people stand by home remedies using vinegar to treat everything from dandruff and excessive sweating to fungal infections and warts. A study at Arizona State University tested whether a 2-tbsp. dose of vinegar…
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New support group for bone marrow transplant recipients at Rutgers CINJ
Those who have a bone marrow transplant with donor stem cells (allogeneic) know of the many challenges they’ll face immediately following the procedure and further into recovery. “It can feel like an isolating experience,” says Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey social worker Lauren Kriegel, M.S.W., L.S.W., “but you’re really not alone.” Rutgers Cancer Institute…
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Kids in need receive free dental care in Old Bridge
Local dentist, Dr. Cavan Brunsden and the KidZdent team, will provide a day of free preventive and emergency dental care for uninsured, underprivileged children ages 12 and under, as part of National Children’s Dental Health Month (CDHM). This one-day program, called Give Kids a Smile! (GKAS), will take place on Feb. 5. This is part…
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State your age, weight and heart health …
Gaining weight is especially dangerous as people age, and the effects on the heart can be devastating By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features Many think it’s just natural to put on weight as one ages, but some health experts say it may be the worst time in a person’s life to put on weight and get…
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Mustangs’ Coleman scores upset in GMC wrestling tourney
By Jeff Appelblatt The path to a title looked nearly impossible for John F. Kennedy (JFK) Memorial High School wrestler Aaron Coleman. The 120-pound weight class at the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Wrestling Tournament at Piscataway Township High School was crowded with standouts. It would take one of Coleman’s strongest showings to reach the final…
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Jaguars’ boys finish third at Shore Conference meet
By Wayne Witkowski Ryan Rafferty, Dan Kaba and Jonathan Brust turned in solid second-place finishes to propel Jackson Memorial High School’s boys indoor track and field team to a third-place showing in the team standings at the Shore Conference championships at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River Jan. 27. Rafferty, one of…
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Jackson wrestlers look to rebound from conference meet
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School will look to bounce back from a tough week and pick up some victories this week for a favorable seeding in next week’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV meet. Jackson Memorial, the defending sectional champion that lost in the Group IV finals last…
