Tag: heart health
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Health Matters: Heart Health: A Family Matter
By Benita Philip, DO When you fill out your annual medical history forms at the doctor’s office, it may seem like a formality. However, the reality is that along with information about your personal health, details about your family’s health history play an important role in your healthcare. And when it comes to heart disease,…
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Health Matters 2/12: Give Your Heart Some Love Today and Every Day
By Svetlana Jayson, APN-C The heart is the workhorse of the body, beating about 2.5 billion times over an average lifetime. Staying heart healthy is essential to overall good health and to reducing your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack or stroke. More than 30 million Americans have heart disease, the…
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We need to take time to take care of ourselves
We honor lots of important people during the month of February, thanks to Black History Month and Presidents Day. Even Valentine’s Day is a chance to tell our loved ones how much we care. But did you know that February is also National Heart Month? Each February, the American Heart Association raises awareness about heart…
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American Heart Association accepting nominations for ‘Woman of Distinction’ Award
The American Heart Association is accepting nominations for the Twelfth Annual American Heart Association Go Red For Women “Woman of Distinction” Award. This award recognizes and celebrates New Jersey women promoting a healthy lifestyle for or among women, making sustained, unique or extraordinary efforts to improve the community as well as those who support and…
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Healthy Heart Evening to be sponsored by Hadassah on Feb. 22
East Brunswick Hadassah is sponsoring a “Healthy Heart Evening” from 7-9 p.m. on Feb. 22 at New York Sports Club, 300 Route 18 in the Mid State Mall, East Brunswick. Dr. Brandon Oberweis of RWJ Cardiology Associates will speak on women’s cardiac health, followed by an introductory water aerobics class. Bring your bathing suit. Towels…