Birth Defects Awareness: NJ Dept. of Health · Centers For Disease Control · MarchOfDimes.org · March For Babies: North Jersey · South Jersey · National Birth Defects Prevention Network Source: NJ Dept Of Health Healthy Women Healthy Families The Connecting New Jersey initiative is the new name for New Jersey’s network of service hubs dedicated […]
WOMAN OF THE YEAR: LAUREN SOTO, EDISON. You’d think that one of the first stomach-stapling patients would be monitored over the years. But Soto found herself with hernias that threatened her ability to breathe. She found doctors willing to fix her inevitably life-ending problem — but since they were not within her health insurance network, […]
PART ONE Concluding our ninth year, Your HHRS News.com gratefully thanks its supporters and rings in the new year with the past year’s most noteworthy stories. Happy Tenth Anniversary to the Coming Full Circle Loud n Clear Foundation, a New Jersey nonprofit organization providing post-addiction relapse prevention programs utilizing everything from peer support to housing […]
PART ONE Source: Central Jersey.com If you suffer from hand, elbow, or arm pain, it is important to see your doctor for a correct diagnosis. In many cases, they will recommend physical therapy as part of your overall treatment plan. Bursitis, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), is inflammation of a bursa, […]
Source: Central Jersey.com Regularly playing a musical instrument — whether string, wind, percussion, or keyboard —- can result in a range of musculoskeletal disorders in the hands, wrists, and arms. As the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) explains, long hours of practice, awkward postures, and repetitive motion all have an impact over time, increasing […]
Source: JerseyCatholic.org The Archdiocese of Newark will open a second location of their Mercy House — its resource and referral center that provides a wide variety of assistance to all in need — at 20 Greenville Ave. in Jersey City. It is the next step in the Archdiocese’s goal of opening a resource and referral […]