• Indictment charges Freehold resident with drug offenses

    FREEHOLD — A Freehold Borough resident has been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury on drug charges relating to incidents that occurred on two days in June. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Melvin Love, 51, of Center Street, was indicted on Oct. 15. Christopher J. Figliozzi, 50, of Browns Mills, was indicted…

  • Area schools welcome educators from Taiwan

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A delegation of 18 educators from New Taipei City, Taiwan, visited four public school districts in Monmouth County for a week in October, according to Rocco Tomazic, the superintendent of schools in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District. Events were planned in the Freehold Regional High School…

  • Colts Neck installs drop-off box to discard prescription drugs

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Residents can now safely dispose of their unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications at Colts Neck Police Headquarters. A prescription drug drop-off box was installed in the lobby of police headquarters in October as part of Project Medicine Drop, developed by the New Jersey Division of Consumer…

  • Is BRCA1 and 2 gene testing right for you?

    By John Pellegrino, M.D. BRCA stands for BReast CAncer. Without you ever being aware of it, normal BRCA genes help you fight back against cancer cells that may try to invade the body over the course of your lifetime. But some families carry mutated or “broken” BRCA genes that can be passed down from one…

  • Preventing the holiday weight gain dread

    By Joanne Gerr, M.S.W., C.S.W. With Halloween over and Thanksgiving on the way, holiday excitement is building.This is the season of dreams, hope, and family good will. But underneath, some of us have a creeping concern — fear of weight gain. Holiday treats add up and up and turn into extra pounds that are hard…

  • Low back pain affects high school athletes

    By David Bertone, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S. Most adults at some point throughout their life will develop low back pain. In fact, the chance is fairly high with most studies putting the likelihood at 80 percent.The incidence of low back pain in adolescents has been estimated to be in the range of 15 to 20 percent.This…

  • SCAN offers ‘Take Control of Your Health’ workshops throughout Monmouth County

    Social Community Activities Network (SCAN) in Eatontown is offering free workshops for adults with chronic health conditions.Take Control of Your Health (TCOYH) is a sixweek evidence-based workshop created by Stanford University. It provides you with support and essential tools necessary to help you design your own strategy for managing chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart…

  • Ventral hernias, incisional hernias, and umbilical hernias

    By Jody C. DiGiacomo, M.D., FACS A n abdominal wall hernia is an abnormal bulging of the contents of the abdomen through a weakness of defect of the muscle layers of the abdominal wall, and are named based on their location. Any time that the abdominal muscles are contracting, such as during standing, sitting up,…

  • Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists introduce noninvasive treatment for brain tumor patients

    Doctors at Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists (ANS) have added a new and innovative form of therapy to their treatment arsenal in the battle against glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).Affecting nearly 10,000 Americans annually, GBM is the one of the most aggressive and difficult-tocontrol forms of primary brain tumors in the United States. Describing the NovoTTF system as a…

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