• 23rd annual Jersey Shore Home Show this weekend

    When homeowners get the urge to spruce up the house, the first things they tend look for are inspiration and expert help. There’s no better way to find up-to-the-minute ideas and top professionals than a visit to a home show, and the 23rd annual Jersey Shore Home Show will be held this week. The show…

  • CentraState offers prostate, colon cancer screenings

    CentraState Healthcare System is offering prostate and colon cancer screenings on Jan. 28, 5-7 p.m. at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 W. Main St., Freehold. The screenings are for men 40 years of age and older who have never had a PSA blood test and have no previous diagnosis of prostate…

  • Nutrition for older adults: Eat your way to good health

    Health&Fitness Good nutrition is important at every stage of life. In fact, as you age, the risks for nutrition-related diseases such as heart disease and osteoporosis increase.Yet for millions of older Americans, maintaining healthful eating habits is a struggle. Many older adults not only eat meals low in nutrients, but skip meals altogether. Poor nutrition…

  • Don’t let your body’s natural defenses down

    Delta Dental recommends the smart use of antibiotics Health&Fitness A ntibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most pressing public health problems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with an estimated 50 percent of antibiotic prescription use in hospitals being inappropriate or unnecessary. “Other studies have found that dentists also may…

  • CentraState offers custom-designed weight loss program for post-bariatric patients

    Health&Fitness CentraState Medical Center is offering a unique weight loss program especially designed for post-bariatric patients. Lighten Up! For Post-Bariatric Patients is an eight-session, group nutrition and fitness program that includes one hour of nutrition with a registered dietitian and a half-hour of exercise with a certified fitness professional. Lighten Up! For Post-Bariatric Patients is…

  • CentraState offers varicose vein screening

    CentraState Healthcare System is offering varicose vein screenings on Jan. 14, 4-6 p.m. at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 W. Main St., Freehold. The screenings take only a few minutes and are open to men and women. The physician will look at your bare legs and feet to diagnose varicose veins…

  • Preventing falls: a delicate balance

    By Joe Stein Health&Fitness During the course of last year, you probably balanced your checkbook every month, balanced your tires every 5,000 miles, balanced your investments quarterly, and ate balanced meals daily. Of all the assets you have, your health and well being are the most precious. How often did you work to improve your…

  • Health & Fitness

    12 ways to ensure the best financial, emotional, physical and healthy year yet By Lindsey Romain CTW Features Mark it on the calendar I t’s all about the little things.A new year doesn’t have to mean remaking every aspect of life. Sometimes, tapering the smaller things can lead to a stronger big picture. Honing in…

  • Frank P. Freidman

    Mr. Friedman, 75, of Holmdel, died Jan. 1, 2013, at John L. Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township. He was a graduate of Rider University, Lawrenceville, and the University of Florida School of Law, Gainesville, Fla. Mr. Friedman came to Freehold Borough in the mid- 1960s to practice law for Alexander Levchuk, and started his own…

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