PART ONE Sources: Sparta Independent; National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Centers of Disease Control, U.S. Food and Drug Administration New Jersey and New York banned synthetic marijuana in 2012. But producers get around the rules by making slightly different products, slickly designed to appeal to youth, says Tina Aue, director of prevention […]
Source: Sparta Independent At least 15 teenagers in the Sussex-Orange county area overdosed in the first half of March on marijuana-type products, ending up in a hospital or urgent care. A dozen of those bad reactions happened in Orange County, but all have recovered, said county district attorney David Hoovler. “Some of them used regular […]
Source: CentralJersey.com Imagine having your hip replaced in the morning and then being able to walk the length of a football field that same afternoon. Imagine being able to go home within than 24 hours. A new muscle-sparing procedure offered at Penn Medicine Princeton Health is enabling many hip replacement patients to do just that. […]
Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey (biaNJ.org) · Donate · Brain Injury Alliance of America (biaUSA.org) · Donate · New Jersey Resources · Helpline: 1 800 669-4323 Source: Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey (biaNJ.org) A brain injury is one that that occurs after birth and is not congenital, degenerative or hereditary. The injury results […]
Sources: Patch.com New Jersey; NJ Spotlight News Governor Phil Murphy has tested positive for COVID-19. “This afternoon, as part of a regularly-scheduled testing regime, Governor Murphy took a rapid antigen test that came back positive for COVID-19,” Communications Director Mahen Gunaratna said yesterday. He subsequently took a PCR test, which also came back positive and […]
Sources: TheConversation.com; National Alopecia Areata Foundation The violence that overshadowed the 2022 Oscar awards ceremony was sparked by a joke by comedian Chris Rock about the lack of hair of Jada Pinkett Smith. Away from the recriminations over what could be perceived as a mean-spirited jibe and a disproportionate response by Jada’s husband Will Smith, […]