Tag: JFK Medical Center

  • Hearing aids may help slow cognitive decline

    Hearing aids may help slow cognitive decline

    One of the most common conditions affecting older adults is cognitive decline, specifically deterioration in memory, attention, thinking and concentration, as well as use of language and other mental functions. For those with hearing loss, however, the encouraging news is that the use of hearing aids can actually reduce the risk of cognitive decline as…

  • Amputee keeps her spirits up thanks to team at JFK Medical Center

    Amputee keeps her spirits up thanks to team at JFK Medical Center

    Margaret Anderson dismissed her sudden and unexpected exhaustion. She was, after all, keeping up with her four-year-old son while caring for her infant daughter. So she asked her husband, Eric, to put the children to bed and she dragged herself to the living room couch. The next morning, she awoke to find alarming black splotches…

  • JFK Medical Center designated as Baby-Friendly birth facility

    JFK Medical Center designated as Baby-Friendly birth facility

    Baby-Friendly USA has recognized Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center as a designated Baby-Friendly birth facility, the only Baby-Friendly medical center in Middlesex County and Central New Jersey. “This designation is an important recognition of JFK Medical Center’s commitment to improving the health of mothers and babies who entrust us with their care. We are grateful to the…

  • Celebration gala will benefit JFK Medical Center in Edison

    Celebration gala will benefit JFK Medical Center in Edison

    Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center Foundation Auxiliary will hold its Celebration of Caring Gala from 6:30-10:30 p.m. on Sept. 20 at the Gibbs Estate at Suneagles Golf Club, 2000 Lowther Dr., Eatontown. Ray Fredericks and Scott Gebhard will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Proceeds will benefit Emergency Medical Services at JFK Medical Center in…

  • Miles for Minds 5K to benefit The Center for Brain Injuries

    Miles for Minds 5K to benefit The Center for Brain Injuries

    The 2019 Miles for Minds 5K to benefit The Center for Brain Injuries will be held on July 28 at Roosevelt Park, off Parsonage Road and Route 1, Edison. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The Fun Run/Walk start at 8:30 a.m., followed by the 5K at 9 a.m. Rain or shine. To register in advance,…

  • JFK Medical Center earns Gold Seal for Wound Care Certification

    JFK Medical Center earns Gold Seal for Wound Care Certification

    Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Wound Care Certification. The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects the Center for Wound Healing at JFK Medical Center’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care. The Center for Wound Healing underwent a rigorous…

  • Three Edison police officers help save life of a 26-year-old man following car accident

    EDISON – Three police officers helped save the life of a 26-year-old Edison man, who was trapped upside down after his vehicle flipped over following a motor vehicle accident on April 19, according to police. Police Sgt. Michael Cimmino and Officers Neel Patel and Phil Smith worked rapidly to remove the man from his Honda…

  • Charges dropped against Metuchen woman who allegedly poisoned father of their child

    Charges dropped against Metuchen woman who allegedly poisoned father of their child

    NEW BRUNSWICK – First criminal charges, now a final restraining order has been dropped and reversed, respectively, for a Metuchen woman who was charged and indicted with poisoning the father of her child in 2016, according to a three-judge Appellate Court panel. In a 23-page decision on Jan. 17, the Appellate Court reversed a final…

  • Officers put their lives at risk to save others during Governor’s Pointe fire

    Officers put their lives at risk to save others during Governor’s Pointe fire

        NORTH BRUNSWICK – Among dozens of first responders and residents who were in the area of Albury Way in North Brunswick around 10:19 p.m. on Dec. 8, two are being credited with saving the lives of two small children and their grandparents during a structure fire. As officers investigated the 12 units in…