Source: West Windsor NJ Patch The American Red Cross has less than a three day supply of Type O blood. During the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s, about 500 fewer blood drives were hosted by volunteer sponsor groups than required to meet patient needs. Many groups postpone blood drives during the winter holidays when […]
Source: Romper.com Parents who are concerned their child might be suffering from pain or fever will want to double check the type of pain relief they’re giving their children. Tris Pharma Inc. — a Monmouth Junction, New Jersey-based company — have recalled three separate lots of its infants’ Ibuprofen Concentrated Oral Suspension, USP (NSAID) 50 […]
Source: CentralJersey.com Nearly 73 million people living in the United States are millennials: people born between 1981 and 1996. This year, that number is expected to surpass the number of Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964), making the millennial generation the largest living adult generation in the U.S. According to a recently released […]
Source: South Jersey Local News Studies show that being outdoors in any season makes people feel better, both physically and psychologically. Getting outside is especially important this time of year, when shorter daylight hours can cause Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as the winter blues. A regular dose of what author Richard Louv calls […]
Source: North Jersey.com Steve Demko walked over to his car to smoke marijuana Friday morning as he waited for the mayor to cut the ribbon at one of Paterson’s newest businesses. There was a police officer nearby, but Demko said he wasn’t worried. That’s because he is one of 63,000 people in New Jersey who […]
MAN OF THE YEAR: Kevin “Silent Bob” Smith, Red Bank. “I ate the way I wanted to for 47 years,” says the comedian and director behind Dogma and the Clerks movies. “(Now) I will try to eat way I’m supposed to.” Smith barely survived a “widowmaker” heart attack that inspired him to try his daughter’s […]