Source: Horizon Health News Most people catch COVID-19 from other people through infected droplets found in a cough or sneeze. But touching a contaminated surface – and then your mouth, nose or eyes – can spread the disease too. And now we’re beginning to understand what kinds of surfaces can keep the virus around. A […]
Source: MyCentralJersey.com Following guidelines established by the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (RNJAES), many, but not all, farmers markets in Central Jersey have opened for the season, providing an added benefit to shoppers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Alex Sawatzky, manager of Cook’s Market at Rutgers Gardens, the increased strain on the national […]
Blood Pressure Health Awareness: FAQs (NIH.gov) · Too High (Hypertension) · Too Low (Hypotension) · Million Hearts 2022 Initiative (HHS.gov) As the blood moves around the body, it puts pressure on the walls of the vessels. Blood pressure readings are made up of two values: Systolic blood pressure is the pressure when the heart beats […]
Source: NJ.com Fish of all shapes, sizes and stripes glisten from stainless holding bins at Belford Seafood Co-Op, reached by a narrow bumpy road that seems to head to the marshy middle of nowhere. The Co-Op, two miles from Route 36 and a world away from the Jersey most of us know, is one of […]
Source: BlackBusiness.com. Thanks: RLSMedia.com Adenah Bayoh, owner of three International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurants in Newark, Paterson and Irvington, has announced that she will be providing free take-out breakfast and lunch on weekdays every day until school reopens. As a former child refugee who escaped the civil war in her home country of Liberia, […]
Source: BeingPatient.com A study published this week looked at comparing dementia risk in people who ate different combinations of foods, both healthy foods and not. The findings indicated that while it matters what foods you eat and in what quantities, how foods are combined are also a risk factor. “There is a complex interconnected-ness of […]