Deborah Heart and Lung Center offers Pulmonary Rehab Program

By Sara Lee Kessler

Deborah Heart and Lung Center is offering a pulmonary rehabilitation program that incorporates exercise, diet and respiratory therapy for patients with pulmonary disease and those who are recovering from lung cancer surgery. 

Democrats Continue Effort to Restore State Aid to Family Planning Clinics

By Michael Aron

To Democrats, the issue is simple.  Low income women who depend on clinics like Planned Parenthood for birth control, mammograms, PAP smears, and pre-natal care are being denied access by the total elimination of state funding for such clinics. 

Surviving a Stroke

By Sara Lee Kessler

Dr. Oriana Cornett had spent years studying strokes and was just two months away from starting a career as a neurosurgeon at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School when the unthinkable happened. 

Conference Examines State of New Jersey Health Care System

By Sara Lee Kessler

At a conference, which was organized by the non-partisan, non-profit Council on State Public Affairs, the focus was on out-of-control health care costs.

Democrats Call on Legislature & Governor to Stop Cuts to NJ FamilyCare

By Jerry Henry

New Jersey FamilyCare provides health care for more than 900,000 low income residents, including more than 600,000 children. 

High School Students Fascinated by Nurse Job Shadowing

By Sara Lee Kessler

Would-be nurses, 11^th graders from Pemberton Township High School’s Future Nurses Club, are fascinated by what they see while participating in Deborah Hospital’s annual job shadowing program. 

Learning to Enjoy the Sun Responsibly

By Sara Lee Kessler

National skin cancer awareness month is taken very seriously at Clinton Elementary School in Maplewood. 

Adding an Exercise Component to Treating Teen Addiction

By Sara Lee Kessler

Program SOAR, at New Pathway Counseling Services in Paramus, provides a two-pronged approach to fighting addiction that relies on exercise as well as talk therapy. 

Senator Codey Calls for Shut Down of Boarding House

By Marie DeNoia Aronsohn 

State Senator and former Acting Governor Dick Codey says he is disgusted by the living conditions at a Newark boarding house.

Death Rate from Cancer Higher for Hispanics Living in U.S.

By Sara Lee Kessler

A disproportionate number of Hispanics are developing cancers that are linked to unhealthy lifestyles, many of which they developed living in the United States.