• The path to fitter, healthy lives often starts with the basics

    By Dr. Ira Shapiro Playing sports is an important part of many lives. In fact, the boomer generation is more involved in activities ranging from biking, golf and tennis to jogging, aerobics and weight lifting than ever before. Unfortunately, wisdom doesn’t always accompany the desire to stay fit and trim. There are all too many…

  • AHA recognizes Raritan Bay Medical Center for exceptional heart care

    Raritan Bay Medical Center, with locations in Old Bridge and Perth Amboy, has received the Get With The Guidelines — Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). The recognition signifies that the medical center has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients according to the guidelines of care…

  • Appendicitis: when it’s more than a total pain

    By Ayotunde Adeyeri, M.D. A ppendicitis is a medical emergency resulting from an inflammation of the appendix, a small pouch attached to the large intestine. This part of the body serves no useful purpose in the adult patient other than to cause significant pain should it become inflamed. In the worst-case scenario (usually as a…

  • Six habits that are aging you prematurely (and what to do about them)

    Take aging into your own hands by avoiding these six harmful habits By Rachel Graf CTW Features I t’s true:Age is just a number. But wouldn’t it be nice if that number would get smaller instead of larger with time? Raymond Francis, author, radio host and health maintenance expert, is 76 years old.A Doppler ultrasound,…

  • Lecture will focus on environment

    The League of Women Voters of Monroe Township has invited Dr. Joseph Robertson to speak about environmental sustainability and the interaction between climate change and agriculture at 1 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Monroe Township Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Plaza. Robertson is the creator and director of the Hot Spring Network and the editor-inchief of…

  • ON CAMPUS

    The following local students were named to the president’s list at Middlesex County College, Edison, for the spring 2013 semester: Jon Albert of Old Bridge; and Aman Agrawal, Peter Byrne and Glenn D’Antuono of South Amboy. The following local students have been named to the dean’s list at Middlesex County College, Edison, for the spring…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Meryl A.G. Gonchar, a resident of East Brunswick and co-chair of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP’s real estate department, recently was installed as secretary of the New Jersey State Association of Jewish Federations (NJSAJF). Gonchar, who serves on NJSAJF Executive/Operations Committee and the executive committee of the board of directors, also is president of…

  • More federal grants allotted for home buyouts in Sayreville and South River

    A pproximately $14.18 million in federal grants were announced Aug. 8 to fund voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties in South River and Sayreville. The grants, part of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, will supply the state Department of Environmental Protection with funds to purchase 76 homes in South River and nine in Sayreville.…

  • Blood donors could win Super Bowl tickets

    St. George’s Church, 56 Main St., Helmetta, will hold a blood drive 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 25 in the church’s Ericson Hall. If 50 pints of blood are collected, New Jersey Blood Services will donate $500 to help support the nonprofit organization spearheaded by First Lady Mary Pat Christie, which raises and distributes…

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