-

Snowy Wheels
Steering You Right With Sharon Peters Q: This will be our first winter in the extreme north. There will be lots of snow. Do we need studded tires or will snow tires do the trick? A: Go for a set of good-quality snow tires. Studs make no sense for the normal driver, even when he…
-

Oncology team performs two of N.J.’s first medical tourism HIPEC surgeries for peritoneal surface malignancies
Complex state-of-the-art method reduces cancer extent and delivers heated chemotherapy drugs directly to cancer cells in the abdomen Itzhak Avital, M.D., M.B.A., chairman, department of surgery at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, and his team have completed two of the region’s first medical tourism-based cytoreductive (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapies (HIPEC), or CRS- HIPEC…
-

Oh baby, it’s cold outside: cold weather workout clothing
By Joe Stein Someone once told me that for every day the average temperature falls below 25 degrees, a person’s waistline will increase one-eighth of an inch. An urban myth created by a personal trainer? Who knows? But it does seem that just when we need to work off our holiday weight gain, the mercury…
-

Physical therapy a good first choice before surgery for rotator cuff tears
By Dr. Leonard J. Somarriba, D.P.T, C.S.C.S. and Dr. John Scafidi, P.T, D.P.T, FAAOMPT Why get surgery if you don’t need it? Those who experience nontraumatic rotator cuff tears, for example, would do just as well with “conservative treatment” such as physical therapy. That’s according to a study published in Bone and Joint Journal (“Treatment…
-

There is a natural relief for headache sufferers
Nine out of 10 Americans suffer from headaches. Headaches/migraines can significantly diminish a person’s quality of life. They can prevent you from working, playing, spending quality time with family, and worse yet, can be an indication of more serious health problems. At Infinity Health and Wellness, headaches are one of the most common conditions they’ve…
-

How do I know if my school-age child has social skill challenges?
By Alyssa Brennan, MOT By this stage of the school year, children in first through third grades should be settled in their classroom routine. While some students are experiencing a full-day learning environment for the first time, older children are more acclimated into the educational and social structure of their environment. Parents are eager to…
-

A robot named ‘Trudy’ comes to JFK Medical Center
Imagine walking the halls of the JFK Medical Center in Edison and seeing a robot coming out of an empty hospital room, beeping out “All Clean!” and then moving down the corridor to another room. Would it feel like you’re in a science fiction movie? At JFK, it’s not an imaginary future; it’s reality at…
-

Supervised exercises help with knee osteoarthritis
By Jerry Moczerniuk P.T., D.P.T. A recently updated review of research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine revealed that participants with knee osteoarthritis (OA), who completed exercise programs, experienced a moderate improvement in pain and physical function, a result taking comparable to pain and anti-inflammatory drugs. Arthritis is a term defined simply as…
-

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…
View our current articles
Stay connected to your community
