• Take time for a little weight loss support you deserve it!

    By Ayotunde Adeyeri M.D. There are a few consistent tools that patients, time and again, attribute to their weight loss success. Bariatric patients are a very diverse group of people – younger, older, professionals and stay-athome parents. Regardless, the majority will agree that participating in a bariatric support group has played a key role in…

  • Weight of the Nation screening offered

    Two thirds of American adults are overweight or obese. By the year 2030, it’s predicted that 42 percent of Americans will be severely obese, with more than 100 pounds over a healthy weight. Obesity is one of the greatest contributors to growing health care costs, as excess weight is linked to diabetes, heart disease, hypertension,…

  • There are ways to treat the different types of hearing loss

    By Dr. Kenneth Kaplan Millions of Americans are afflicted with one type of hearing loss or another at any point in time. Hearing loss, which we can define as a loss of perceived sound volume and/or word clarity, is divided into two main subtypes.A comprehensive audiometric evaluation (hearing test) is needed to distinguish which type…

  • How you can lower your risk of breast cancer

    Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most.The specter…

  • Golf outing to support Elks’ charity programs

    New Brunswick Elks Lodge 324 will host its annual golf outing Oct. 11 at the Rutgers University Golf Course, 777 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway. The golf outing will raise funds for the Elks’ many charities, including programs designed to help veterans and children with special needs. The day includes a full round of golf, breakfast,…

  • Family mourns loss of young life to addiction

    VIEWS Jack Murtha We buried my 21-year-old cousin Courtney on the afternoon of Sept. 5 near her lifelong home in Bergen County. She died two days earlier, after a difficult period scarred by a cruel and far-too-common disease. Courtney spent the final years of her life as an intravenous heroin addict who shuffled in and…

  • Outdoor community sale set for Oct. 5

    The Bowne-Munro PTA will hold an Outdoor Community Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 5 in the back of the school, 120 Main St., East Brunswick. The rain date is Oct. 12. For more information, contact Sue Chinchar at 848-219-8480 or bowne.munro. [email protected].

  • CASA to hold yard sale Oct. 13 in Parlin

    The Coalition of Advocates for Shelter Animals (CASA) will hold a yard sale 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 13 at 23 Kendall Drive, Parlin section of Sayreville. New items including clothing, toys, household items and jewelry will be available. For more information, contact Jeanine at 646-522-3517 or visit CASA on Facebook.

  • Paranormal Expo is Oct. 5 in E. Brunswick

    The fifth annual Paranormal Expo/Psychic Fair will be held 1-6 p.m. Oct. 5 at the “Haunted Lodge on the Lake,” Elks Lodge 2370, 21 Oakmont Ave., East Brunswick. There will be unique vendors, psychic readings, local authors who have written about UFOs and ghosts, free lectures and music by the acoustic duo Gypsy Moon. New…

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