Birth Defects Prevention Awareness: Centers For Disease Control Operation “PACT” New Jersey March of Dimes – NJ Dept. Health Family Health Services Source CDC.gov Birth defects are common, costly, and critical. Every 4½ minutes, a baby is born with a major birth defect in the United States (20 of them in New Jersey), with hospital […]
MAN OF THE YEAR: Willem Wuebben is a 10-year-old with Moebius Syndrome, a genetic condition characterized by facial paralysis, speech difficulties and crossed eyes. A straight-A fourth grader, Willem was guest of honor at Nutley New Jersey’s city hall, where Mayor Alphonse Petracco led the praise of his “fantastic accomplishments.” They include helping Many Faces […]
PART ONE SOFT (Support Organization for Trisomy) issued a challenge: submit videos of members and their loved ones jumping in some form to their Facebook page to raise awareness. We decided to kick it up a notch — by turning the entries into a compilation video! During a 15-state measles outbreak, Amazon marketed the book […]
BlackDoctor.org: Health · Medical · Fitness · Nutrition · Health Insurance BlackDoctor.org is the world’s largest and most comprehensive online health resource specifically targeted to African Americans. As much as we’d love for healthcare to be one-size-fits-all, the reality is that this is not the case – today’s Black community has higher incidences of just about every major disease and condition out […]
Winter 2015 Blood Drives: Community Blood Svcs. – Central Jersey Blood Ctr. N.J. Red Cross – Community Blood Council By County: Hudson · Hunterdon · Middlesex · Union Source: New Jersey Hills.com New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, is asking for help to maintain an adequate supply of all blood […]
Q & A · NJ Hospice Directory · NJ Palliative Directory NJ Visiting Nurse Assn. Programs: Northern · Central · Western Info for Veterans Sources: GetPalliativeCare.org; NJ Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; CaringInfo.org Palliative care (pronounced pal-lee-uh-tiv) is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms […]