• Can apple cider vinegar really help manage diabetes?

    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…

  • Avoid food poisoning by keeping listeria under control

    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…

  • Women and heart disease: Go Red for women this month

    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…

  • Obesity increases risk of cancer and disease

    Obesity increases risk of cancer and disease

    By Ken Freedman, D.C. There is a definite link between obesity and an increased risk for serious health problems, including cancer and chronic diseases. Approximately 37 percent, or more than one out of three American adults, are classified as obese, according to the National Institutes of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates…

  • State your age, weight and heart health …

    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…

  • Kids in need receive free dental care in Old Bridge

    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…

  • Mustangs’ Coleman scores upset in GMC wrestling tourney

    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…

  • Holup’s expectations high for final year at East Stroudsburg

    Holup’s expectations high for final year at East Stroudsburg

    By Wayne Witkowski Brandon Holup of Jackson wants to end his college baseball career at East Stroudsburg University (ESU) the way he started as a freshman four years ago — pitching for a conference champion and NCAA Division II Regional baseball tournament qualifier. “I’ve been training a lot over the winter and fall ball went…

  • Jackson wrestlers look to rebound from conference meet

    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…

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