Tag: Penn Medicine Princeton Health
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Planning Your Life Around the Bathroom? Treatment for Urinary Incontinence Available
By Heather M. van Raalte, MD Enjoying everyday life can be challenging when your activities must be planned around frequent visits to the bathroom, or you experience urinary leakage or other bladder-related problems. While an estimated 25 million people in the United States experience bladder leakage every day, according to the National Association for Continence,…
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Health Matters 10/8: Chickenpox Increases Risk for Shingles
By Puja Chabra, MD Nearly 1 out of every 3 people in the United States will develop shingles — a painful rash related to the chickenpox virus — during their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While older adults are generally at greater risk for developing shingles, the CDC reports…
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Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health launches second season of mental health podcast
Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health is launching the second season of its award-winning podcast Mind on Mental Health. This season kicks off just in time for Mental Illness Awareness Week, which is Oct. 3-9. Andrew Dean, senior Community Relations specialist, with over a decade of experience helping various age groups with mental health issues, including substance…
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Health Matters 10/1: Helping Men Cope with Stress
By Erin Webb, LAC From health and financial concerns to changes in how people live their everyday lives, the past 18 months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been fraught with uncertainty. And while the pandemic had an effect on everyone, men in particular faced certain challenges that resulted in increased stress, anxiety,…
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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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Mercer County continues vaccine pop-up clinics
Mercer County’s vaccine pop-up clinics will be ongoing through at least October. The clinics are will be available from Sept. 3 to Oct. 1. Each of the clinic locations will provide vaccines from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The one-dose shot of J&J is for people 18 years…
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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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South Brunswick to hold vaccine clinic on Aug. 27
Through a partnership with Penn Medicine Princeton Health, South Brunswick Mayor Charlie Carley announced a vaccination clinic at the South Brunswick Wellness Center on Aug. 27 from 4-6:30 p.m. Individuals 12 years of age or older who have not yet been vaccinated are welcome to register. The vaccination clinic will offer the first dose of…
