Source: CentralJersey.com An estimated 14,100 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, and about 4,200 women will die from it each year, according to the American Cancer Society. The deaths are a significant decline thanks in large part to advances in screening, prevention and treatment. That is why it is so important to keep up […]
Source: Amboy Guardian Hackensack University Medical Center cardiac surgeon Yuriy Dudiy, M.D. became the second in the world to successfully implant the Impella Bridge-to-Recovery (BTR)™ heart pump for the technology’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) early feasibility study (EFS). Hackensack University Medical Center is one of only five hospitals in the U.S. selected to […]
Head Lice Awareness Month: National Pediculosis Association (HeadLice.org) · Lice and Children · Avoid Chemical Treatments · Lice Doctors.com New Jersey · Order LiceMeister Comb Wockhardt Pharmaceuticals has announced its decision to discontinue manufacturing the pesticide lindane as a lice shampoo. This important news coincides with the National Pediclousis Foundation (NPA) annual back-to-school campaign to […]
Source: HuffPost.com A television news anchor in Oklahoma has revealed she suffered the early symptoms of a stroke live on air when she began stumbling over her words and said she wasn’t feeling right. “I’m sorry, something is going on with me this morning, and I apologize to everybody,” Julie Chin of Tulsa’s KJRH said […]
Source: NJ1015.com More than 800 vaccine providers around New Jersey are expected to receive the new omicron-specific doses of the COVID-19 boosters in the coming days, state officials said Friday. People ages 12 and older are now recommended to obtain a COVID-19 bivalent booster dose, five months after their most recent booster or primary series. […]
International Overdose Awareness Month: NJ Cares.org · Drug Free NJ.org · Knock Out Opioid Abuse · ReachNJ.gov Addiction Helpline 1-844-732-2465 · Talk Now NJ · New Jersey Awareness Events Source: TalkNowNJ.com What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Opiate Abuse? Shortness of breath Dry mouth Constricted (small) pupils Sudden changes in behavior or actions Disorientation […]