ROBBINSVILLE-- Each year, an estimated 795,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke, killing 137,000 people, according to the American Stroke Association. That means, on average, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds. Forty percent of stroke victims are men and 60 percent are women.
FactCheck.org's D'Angelo Gore takes a look at claims made in some recent television ads run by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about the potential impact of the federal health reform law. He finds several important exaggerations and omissions.
We’ll be hearing a lot from politicians this summer and fall about the urgency of dealing with Medicare spending, which will begin to rise sharply in the coming years as increasing numbers of the country’s 75 million baby boomers turn 65.
NEW BRUNSWICK -- On Saturday, May 12, people around the world will observe National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day to help draw attention to the poorly understood and relatively unknown medical condition.
EDISON – On Friday, state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) announced legislation to ensure that every New Jersey worker knows about the state’s Paid Family Leave program, and began a district-wide outreach campaign through her office.
NEW BRUNSWICK – Research by investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) suggests that post-mastectomy radiation therapy may not have a significant effect on disease recurrence or mortality rates in early-stage breast cancer patients with one to three cancerous lymph nodes.
TRENTON – Citing the imprudence of imposing obligations on New Jersey citizens while questions of constitutionality are pending with the Supreme Court of the United States, Gov. Chris Christie today vetoed legislation that would have begun to establish a health care exchange in New Jersey in line with the federal Affordable Care Act.
ELIZABETH--Trinitas Regional Medical Center has added the da Vinci® SiT Surgical System to its already enhanced ability to perform less-invasive surgeries.
ROBBINSVILLE – May is American Stroke Awareness Month. According to the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, about 795,000 Americans suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year--which means a stroke occurs every 40 seconds on average. About 610,000 of these are first or new strokes and an estimated 185,000...
STATE -- May is National Asthma Awareness Month and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) recommends that residents learn more about the health impacts of asthma, its environmental triggers and how people can learn to better manage the disease.
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