Tag: Health & FItness
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Health Matters 9/24: Therapy Can Help Treat Voice and Swallowing Disorders
By Carly Schiff, MS, CCC-SLP Most people take swallowing and vocalizing for granted — they are simply spontaneous activities that people do hundreds of times a day without giving them a second thought. But with age, or as a result of a wide range of health conditions, the muscles used to swallow and vocalize, as…
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Health Matters 9/17: Reclaim Your Life from Osteoarthritis
By Ellen Land, APN That pain and stiffness you feel in your joints when you first get out of bed in the morning or try to stand after sitting for a period of time is most likely a sign of arthritis. So is the stiffness in your hands that makes it hard to hold your…
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Health Matters 9/10: September is Sepsis Awareness Month
By David J. Herman, MD The Sepsis Alliance has designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month to bring awareness to sepsis, the body’s life-threatening response to infection. Sepsis affects 1.7 million people and claims approximately 270,000 lives every year in the United States, according to the Sepsis Alliance. In fact, sepsis takes more lives than opioids,…
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Physical therapists diagnose movement ‘illnesses’
By Dr. Leonard J. Somarriba For people who are sick, going to the doctor and getting a diagnosis is common sense. But who do you see for diagnosis if you’ve got a movement “illness”? If your knee hurts when you go hiking, you can’t get on and off the floor to play with your kids,…
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Health Matters 9/3: Good GI Health Promotes Good Overall Health
By Kristina Katz, M.D. A bagel for breakfast. A salad for lunch. A bowl of pasta for dinner. Whatever you eat throughout the day is broken down by the bacteria in your digestive system so that nutrients can be absorbed and put to use by your body. When your digestive system is functioning well, your…
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Health Matters 8/27: Working from Home Can Be a Pain in the Neck
By Megan Advani, PT, DPT There are plenty of great things about working from home, like a commute calculated in feet rather than miles and a relaxed dress code. But there is a downside to the change in work environment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Makeshift workspaces and ill-defined work schedules can be hard…
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Kaplan Companies donates respite rooms to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Last fall, Michael Kaplan, owner of Kaplan Companies, one of the largest regional builders in the state, became ill and was admitted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick. As RWJUH began to assess staff fatigue, anxiety and trauma, the multidisciplinary committee, Resilient Together, was created. The committee has since developed a…
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Health Matters 8/20: Answering Your Questions About Gynecologic Screenings
By Shyama S. Mathews, MD “When should my daughter have her first gynecology visit?” “How often should a woman be screened for cervical cancer?” “Do I need to see the gynecologist every year?” There can be a lot of questions and sometimes confusion when it comes to gynecological health. In many cases, women will simply…
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Princeton House Behavioral Health celebrates 50 years of providing hope, innovating care and changing lives
Fifty years ago, in July 1971, Princeton Hospital opened 84 licensed psychiatric inpatient beds to serve the mental health needs of the community. At the time, patient stays were measured in weeks, not days. Advancements in medication and a transition to community-based care—brief inpatient hospitalization followed by a lengthier period of acute outpatient programming—now allow…
