Tag: Princeton HealthCare System
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LOOSE ENDS 4/24: Stopping the devastation of COVID-19
By Pam Hersh In the spring of 2019, Dr. Craig Gronczewski, the chair of Emergency Services at Penn Medicine Princeton Health, was focused on operational improvement at the hospital that had become part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System in January 2018. With an MD from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and an…
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Walk for Diane continues fight against breast cancer
The 5K “Walk for Diane” will serve its ninth year raising funds for women who are unable to afford procedures to detect breast cancer early, when it is most treatable. The walk, sponsored by The Amy Feiman Behar Foundation for Cancer Prevention, starts at 9 a.m. Oct. 29 at Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick, originating…
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Bike ride celebrates 10 years of helping women with breast cancer
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A legion of family, friends, coworkers, healthcare professionals, breast cancer survivors and volunteers have come together to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to educate and help uninsured and underinsured women receive early detection procedures for breast cancer over the past 10 years. “This was so important to her,” Arie Behar said…
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Senior programs include history lesson, allergy discussion
Editor’s note: The time of the “It’s My Sinuses” program on Jan. 12 has been changed to 10:45 a.m. The South Brunswick Senior Center will hold the following programs for senior members age 55 and older at the center, 540 Ridge Rd., Monmouth Junction. “Ted Talks” topics will be Monica Lewinsky: The price of shame…
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Bentley Community Services provides lifesaving skills
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Bentley Community Services (BCS) has assisted many families throughout central New Jersey as they regain stability by providing supplemental food as well as assistance in order to pay their mortgages, rent and a number of outstanding bills. In a recent outreach effort, a number of families participated in a CPR/AED Heartsaver Lifesavings Class where they successfully earned…
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Health topics on June agenda for South Brunswick seniors
South Brunswick seniors age 55 and older are invited to participate in health lectures and screenings at the Office on Aging’s South Brunswick Senior Center Wellness Center, located in the Municipal Complex, Route 522, Monmouth Junction. Princeton HealthCare will offer a lecture on hypertension at 12:30 p.m. on June 16. Dr. Srujana Polsani, a board-certified nephrologist, will…