Do you have a preteen or teen? Protect their future with vaccines. Taking them to their sports physical, making sure they eat healthy and get plenty of sleep … you know these are crucial to your adolescent’s health. But did you also you know your preteens and teens need vaccines to stay healthy and protected […]
2015 Annual Rock Out To Knock Out Muscular Dystrophy: Saturday August 22 Dingbatz Club, Clifton NJ · Benefit for Muscular Dystrophy Association · Donate Sources: Rock Against Dystrophy.org; TurboRules.com In 2009, rock and metal internet radio DJs and brothers Turbo and Jay Scorpion, who have Spinal Muscular Atrophy (a neuromuscular disease under the category of […]
Breastfeeding Awareness Month: New Jersey Breastfeeding Coalition – Expressing At Workplace Info N.J. Resources: ZipMilk.org – Dept. of Health – NJ Lactation Consultants Sources: NJ Family.com; Gerber.com Can Breast Milk Make Your Baby Smarter? A 30-year study in The Lancet Global Health says yes. Researchers in Brazil followed nearly 3,500 babies and found those who […]
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month: New Jersey Juvenile Arthritis Foundation · New Jersey Pediatric Rheumatologists · Donate Source: Kids Get Arthritis Too.org Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) begins before age 16 and involves swelling in one or more joints lasting at least six weeks. In recent years, researchers have developed a more sophisticated understanding of the differences […]
Sources: MoveOn.org Civic Action; NewJerseyToday.net; NorthJersey.com Addressing a rally outside the Capitol to mark the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that he will introduce legislation to provide Medicare-for-all health insurance. “We need to expand Medicare to cover every man, woman and child as a single-payer national health care program,” he […]
Cranio-Facial Disorder Awareness: AmeriFace.Org · New Jersey Member Ogranizations · Donate Source: Centers For Disease Control July is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month—an observance by individuals and organizations to help make people more aware of and give them information about cleft and craniofacial defects and other conditions that can affect the head […]