Sources: PlungeSeaside.org; Special Olympics New Jersey The Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside returns to the beach this weekend — Saturday February 26, 50 Blaine Avenue, Seaside Heights, NJ 08751 from 10:00AM – 2:00PM. We know you’ve supported it in the past, and we hope you can again this year! We currently have 4,704 registered plungers […]
Source: Fox29.com Three popular powdered infant formulas recently linked to bacterial contamination are being recalled in the U.S. after four babies were hospitalized, including one who died. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FSA) issued a warning last week to parents about the formulas manufactured at an Abbott plant in Michigan, identified as certain lots […]
Cancer Prevention Awareness: ScreenNJ.org · PreventCancer.org · American Cancer Society · New Jersey Dept. Health Source: American Insitute For Cancer Research (AICR.org) These behavior changes are listed as the top contributing factors for cancer prevention: Quit smoking: (this includes cigarettes, pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes) Tobacco use has been shown to increase the risk […]
Source: Healthline.com I don’t find myself at funerals often: My grandfather, with whom I was always close and for whom I was a daytime caregiver during the final year of his dementia, died five years ago. But from miscarriages to abusive relationships to an ADHD diagnosis, grief has visited me in many ways. Luckily, I […]
Source: New Jersey Patch Beginning each week, Middlesex County Community Health Teams will begin door knocking, letting people know about vaccines, test sites & more Starting Wednesday, February 9, Middlesex County will launch a new program called “Middlesex County Community Health Teams,” where teams of county workers will go door-to-door throughout the county from 1 […]
Heart Health Awareness Month: American Heart Assocation · Blood Pressure · Peripheal Artery Disease · Health/Nutrition · Congenital Heart Disease: Donate to Big Hearts To Little Hearts Although COVID-19 has changed the world, it hasn’t changed the fact that hospitals are the safest place to be if there’s a heart attack, stroke or other medical […]