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Arbor Terrace to host free heart healthy breakfast and heart health seminar Feb. 18
Arbor Terrace of Middletown welcomes the community to enjoy a complimentary heart healthy breakfast and heart health seminar. It will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 18 at 1800 Route 35 south. Presented by Puneet Sahgal, M.D., F.A.C.C., this presentation will cover topics including: risk factors of cardiovascular disease; causes and different types of…
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Tips to help your child improve at reading comprehension
By Michael Ginsberg Whether you have younger children or teenagers, there are lots of things you can do at home to help strengthen your child’s reading comprehension skills. When reading to younger children, start by choosing a book that’s age appropriate. Anything too advanced may come across as boring or confusing. Skim the book for…
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Statins quo?
If you have certain risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), your physician will most likely discuss statins, a family of medications recommended for heart disease or stroke prevention. In writing the new guidelines, experts from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology identified four groups of individuals who could benefit from…
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Add it up
You can figure out your 10- year risk for cardiovascular disease using an online calculator from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. However, the calculator isn’t without controversy. Some suggest that the data used to determine risk is too old to be useful. Dr. William A. Zoghbi argues the merits of…
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The numbers never lie
By Bev Bennett CTW Features Knowing your cholesterol numbers says you’re in charge; you’re the master of your heart health.What more do you need to track? Plenty. Your age, race, gender, weight, diet and exercise habits and whether you have diabetes could determine your potential for a heart attack or stroke, according to new guidelines…
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Temple Shalom adding yoga to prayer service
Temple Shalom invites the community to a Yoga Shalom service at 10 a.m. Feb. 28 at 5 Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen. The service will be led by cantor Lisa Levine, creator of Yoga Shalom. In Yoga Shalom, traditional yoga poses are matched to the traditional Sabbath and morning blessings to bring together body, mind and spirit…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Sheila Rich of Sheila Rich Interiors received the Best of Houzz award for both design and customer satisfaction by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The interior design firm was chosen by the more than 25 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 500,000 active home…
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DATEBOOK
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation (NJVVMF) will hold free tours of the Memorial, led by volunteer Vietnam veteran tour guides on Feb. 7, March 7 and April 11 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at 1 Memorial Lane, Holmdel. Visitors can experience history with those who lived it during a one-hour tour. Appointments…
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NOTES
Matawan United Methodist Church will host a Chocolate Festival from 5-9 p.m. Feb. 6 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 7 at 478 Atlantic Ave., Aberdeen. The festival will include a variety of homemade chocolate candies and chocolate covered items, such as pretzels, raisins, marshmallows and strawberries. There will also be baked goods, such as fudge,…
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