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Healthy Living
Sep 03, 2008
Prenatal care in NJ failing
New Jersey ranks near the bottom of the nation when it comes to prenatal care — and the trend is worsening.
New study: No link between vaccine and autism
A study by Columbia University today is the latest to find no link between autism and a common childhood vaccine, news that should reassure concerned parents, experts said.
Aug 29, 2008
Nursing homes stealing rebate checks from elderly?
The state's Public Advocate is also investigating reports of tax preparers charging $100 to fill out a simple form to get the rebates.
Aug 28, 2008
Caring jesters
Pediatric patients at Hackensack University Medical Center were cheered by a Carnival Day featuring clowns, juggling, candy and magic tricks.
Aug 21, 2008
FDA investigates possible Vytorin link to cancer
Although federal drug safety regulators said today they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug can increase patients' risk of developing cancer, the FDA said the evidence of a link is unclear.
Aug 20, 2008
Local company boosts itself with hangover cure
NuVim Inc. will merge with Innovative Technologies Corp. of America, which sells specialty beverages aimed mostly at young adults.
Scabies case reported in North Jersey
A Clifton senior care facility has reported a case of scabies, and officials are attempting to prevent a potential outbreak of the contagious, communicable infection.
Aug 15, 2008
NJ's largest health insurer seeks for-profit status
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield cited state and federal reform proposals for a change that would affect 3.6 million New Jerseyans.
Aug 14, 2008
Ex-sunbathers beware!
Moisturizers may speed skin cancer in reformed sunbathers, even years after giving up on that George Hamilton tan, a Rutgers study of mice shows.
May 16, 2008
Now, a fitness test for grown-ups
WASHINGTON — If you didn't get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you're in shape.
May 13, 2008
Pain pills may not aid older brains
CHICAGO — Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.
Dec 20, 2007
As cancer fight progresses, uninsured are left behind
Advances in cancer detection and treatment mean more people are surviving cancer longer, but a growing segment of the population is not benefiting from this progress: the uninsured and under-insured.
Dec 09, 2007
Young girls may hold key to breast cancer
What if you could do something to save your daughter from ever developing breast cancer?
Nov 25, 2007
Looking for ways to help kids cope with cancer
In looking back over my journal, I was struck to realize that my son's questions about my husband's cancer followed a nearly textbook script.
Parents struggle to meet needs of healthy kids, too
After their son's leukemia diagnosis, the Mackenzies began an extraordinary juggling act that continues even now, three years later.
Sep 28, 2007
Patients, families turn pain into efforts to fund research
Before she died of pancreatic cancer last spring, Yvette Strauss asked her daughter to sell cards made from her paintings to support research for a cure.
Sep 24, 2007
Best decision needs the right information
I'd been told I had cancer. Here I was, in the shakiest state of mind of my entire life, facing the biggest decisions of my life.
Sep 10, 2007
Live a little: We'll always have Paris
The day we got home from summer trips to North Carolina and Massachusetts, my husband announced he wanted to whisk me away again.
Aug 19, 2007
Where caregivers find strength to let it all out
John, a reserved 73-year-old, was dubious when he was drafted to join a support group for families of people with cancer.
Aug 05, 2007
Longer waits add to stress of breast exams
Several free-standing mammography centers have closed, forcing more women to go to busy hospital breast centers for their annual screening mammograms.
Jul 29, 2007
Caring for caregivers
Caregivers perform triage constantly as they weigh responsibilities at work against commitments to sick family members. I've had my share of angst this way.
Jul 24, 2007
Cancer is personal - Editorial
EVERY DAY in doctor's offices and hospitals across North Jersey, someone is receiving a dreaded diagnosis of cancer.
Jul 15, 2007
Cancer diagnosis hard to hear
This is how I learned I had cancer.
Illness takes toll on caregivers
Being squeamish is a luxury I can no longer afford, now that I'm trying to help my husband keep his cancer under control.
May 20, 2007
A guide to what to say
It's understandable that people often don't know what to say, or feel awkward. But there have been a few incidents of such crude insensitivity they made my jaw drop. |
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