Winter 2020 Blood Drive: New Jersey Red Cross · Blood Donor App · Covid-10 Donation Safety Protocols · Financial Donations The American Red Cross is testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies. Donating blood products is essential to community health and the need for blood products is constant. The Red Cross follows […]
Source: Healio.com As part of its public health mission, the Food and Drug Administation (FDA) has been monitoring for adverse effects from opioids and opioid-like substances for years. Two recent examples of concern are loperamide and kratom. Loperamide, an over-the-counter antidiarrheal and a peripherally acting opioid, has been used in higher than recommended doses, resulting […]
Source: BlackDoctor.org Eyelash extensions have been popular over the past few years, with celebrities and social media fueling the trend. If you use eyelash extensions and have noticed some eye irritation, it could be a buildup of microscopic organisms eating away your skin. Yes, you read that right: eating away your skin. Because the tiny […]
Soource: The Kearny Observer Jared Velazquez, age 17, was looking forward to his senior year of playing varsity baseball and soccer at North Arlington High School, and also being a member of the prestigious Ironbound Soccer Club. “I figured I could have a good future perhaps playing soccer in college,” Jared says. “This was going […]
Sources: Former Troopers Assoc New Jersey (Facebook); RollingStone.com On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, New Jersey troopers responded to a multi-car motor vehicle crash with injuries. When they arrived on scene, they observed a man being pulled out of his vehicle by an off-duty firefighter. The man was unconscious and not breathing. Without hesitation, Trooper Kyle […]
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO.org) · Hospice Action Network · New Jersey Palliative Care · National Hospice Fdn. · Hospice Of New Jersey Hospice Care focuses on quality of life. When a cure is no longer possible, hospice care is designed to treat the whole person, and not just the disease. Hospice provides […]