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CentraState offers an express weight loss program
CentraState Medical Center is offering a fun, interactive weightloss program to help you get fit and healthy in time for the summer season.“Slimmer for Summer” is a four-session, express weightloss program. Each group session includes a one-hour discussion about nutrition with a registered dietitian and a half-hour of exercise with a certified fitness professional. It…
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Pediatric sleep disorders can jeopardize childhood development
By Samuel Krachman D.O. Sleep behaviors are one of the most common concerns parents of young children discuss with their pediatricians. In infancy and early childhood, the developing brain requires more time asleep than it does awake.As a result, sleep quality is extremely important in the overall well-being of a child. Children suffering from lack…
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Knee replacement surgery can be avoided
By Michael Sheynin, P.T. A study done in a large military medical center in Texas indicates that physical therapy consisting of manual therapy and stretching and strengthening exercise regimen may help people with osteoarthritis of the knee avoid joint replacement surgery. During the study, 83 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee were randomly assigned to…
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CentraState to hold free physician lecture on weight-loss surgery
CentraState Healthcare System will present a free physician lecture on bariatric surgery,“Is Weight-Loss Surgery Right for You?” with Ayotunde Adeyeri M.D., on June 5, 7-8 p.m. at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 W. Main St., Freehold. The lecture will discuss who is a candidate for bariatric surgery, weight-loss surgery options, what…
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Speech-language rehabilitation offers patients with brain injuries tools for optimal functionality
By Marilyn Abrahamson M.A., CCC-SLP We rarely consider the remarkable things our brains do every minute of each day. But when we or someone we know suffers from a brain injury as a result of a trauma, such as a concussion, or disease, such as dementia or Parkinson’s disease, we quickly realize how the brain…
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Community, Kimball and Monmouth Medical Centers to host cancer prevention study
Community, Kimball and Monmouth Medical Centers, Barnabas Health facilities, and the American Cancer Society are seeking volunteers to participate in a historic, nationwide Cancer Prevention Study (CPS-3) to help researchers better understand the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors that cause or prevent cancer. Volunteer recruitment sessions will be held on June 11, 12 and 13.…
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There is minimally invasive technology for aging veins
Dr. Jatinchandra Patel You may already know more about varicose veins than you would like, because half of all Americans over 50 (and two-thirds of women over 60) suffer from the pain and swelling of those big ropey leg veins.The condition is caused by failing valves in the primary veins that allow blood to pool…
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Sometimes you can’t make it on your own
Be it for a parent or yourself, these five tips will help ease the transition to assisted living. By Lindsey Romain CTW Features I t’s time. Life has been kind, but old age and poor health caught up. Living at home is no longer an option. But why is it so hard to make the…
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Paradise Park turns into haven for bird watchers
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A small lakeside park is being hailed by a local nonprofit organization as a bird watcher’s paradise after volunteers of all ages worked to improve the property. Since March, members of Nurture Environmental Stewardship Today! (NEST!) have been spearheading an effort to rejuvenate Paradise Park in an attempt…
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