Source: RLS Media According to officials, New Jersey and its eligible counties and municipalities are on track to receive approximately $508 million in settlement agreements with pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, and drug makers Teva Pharmaceuticals and Allergan, to resolve claims involving their alleged roles in fomenting the country’s opioid crisis. “While thousands of […]
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Awareness: Symptoms · Risk Factors · Prevention and Management Preeclampsia · Postpartum Preeclampsia · HELLP Syndrome · Online Support · New Jersey Fundraising Walks: Somerset 5/6 · Princeton Junction 6/24 Source: American Heart Association While there is no cure, using medications for high blood pressure (HPB) as prescribed and making lifestyle […]
Source: The Observer.com If you found out a young person you loved somehow developed a substance-abuse issue, would you know what to do? Where to turn? Where resources may be found? Sadly, someone reading this story right now may very well know someone young who is suffering from substance abuse — in utter silence, and […]
PART ONE Source: ABC7 Chicago An Ohio family is sharing a new warning about the viral Benadryl challenge on TikTok after their 13-year-old son Jacob Stevens died from an overdose trying to do. The teen tried it while filming, his family said, but instead of hallucinating, his body started seizing. Jacob was on a ventilator […]
Source: ABC7 Chicago Holli Dark is the mother of Mason Dark, a 16-year-old who was badly burned when a social media challenge went horribly wrong last week. Mason is currently a patient in the in the UNC Hospitals Burn Clinic. Holli says, “We found out last night before I left the hospital for the evening […]
Source: Tap Into New Jersey The East Brunswick Public Library is teaming up with ScreenNJ: Cancer Prevention Education and Detection for the LGBTQ+ Equal Health For Everyone program series. ScreenNJ is a statewide program carried out in partnership with Rutgers Institute of New Jersey, the New Jersey Department of Health, and healthcare and community organizations […]