Source: CourierPostOnline.com Leaders at a Vineland hospital where a patient shot himself last month say they’re pleased with efforts to improve security procedures. The patient, 57-year-old Vineland resident Michael S. Romanik, was a 57-year-old retired Millville police officer who’d been admitted to the hospital four days earlier, suffering from a long-term, terminal ailment, according to […]
Source: MSN.com Emergency rooms at Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, both part of the New Jersey Hackensack Meridian Health system, were forced to shut down after what appears to have been a ransomware attack on their internal systems. Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that prevents […]
Diabetes Awareness: National Institutes of Health · New Jersey Diabetes Foundation · American Diabetes Association · Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · Ozempic Side Effects Over 37 million Americans have diabetes and one in five people don’t even know they have it. Today, diabetes causes more deaths than breast cancer and AIDS combined. And in this […]
Source: CentralJersey.com/Princeton Packet Princeton University’s new health center will now be called the Frist Health Center following an undisclosed donation from Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., chair emeritus of the Frist Foundation and co-founder of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA Healthcare), which one of the largest healthcare providers in the country. Set to be two times […]
Sources: NJ.com; DailyPaws.com New Jersey could soon become the third state in the nation to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes and cigars, addictive products that public health experts say appeal to underage smokers and minority communities, as a state legislative panel approved the latest version of the proposal yesterday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been […]
National Epilepsy Awareness Month (#NEAM): Epilepsy Foundation (New Jersey Chapter) · The Epilepsy Network · Epilepsy Services Of New Jersey · Seizure First Aid Training · Donate The Epilepsy Foundation New Jersey provides programs and services that support people and families impacted by epilepsy. With the strength of a national organization and network of epilepsy […]