By Edward Soffen, MD, FACP Going through breast cancer treatment is emotionally and physically difficult for women. It’s also a major disruption to a woman’s everyday life. In the case of radiation therapy, women have traditionally received daily treatments for at least six weeks. Between getting to the hospital [...]
We’ve all experienced that moment of panic when someone approaches, and we can’t remember her name, or when we’re running late to an appointment and can’t find the car keys. These little lags in memory can slow down our days and add to anxiety, but all hope – and [...]
CentraState Medical Center now offers a supervised exercise therapy (SET) program for people with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Nearly 9 million Americans have PAD where plaque builds up in the arteries that carry blood to the head, limbs and organs. Plaque, which is made up of calcium, fat, fibrous tissue, cholesterol [...]
CentraState Medical Center has been awarded accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) with zero deficiencies. The College of American Pathologists is the world’s largest association composed entirely of pathologists and is widely considered the leader in laboratory quality assurance. For the two years prior to accreditation, CAP [...]
CentraState Medical Center’s ICU/CCU nurse manager Anne Shelton, MSN, BSN, CCRN, was recently selected by the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) to participate on a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) committee for a national collaborative. [...]
By Amy Tilara, MD One simple procedure may add years to your life. I recently performed a screening colonoscopy on a 51-year-old man who wasn’t experiencing any of the typical symptoms of colon cancer, but had been referred for the test by his primary care physician. I found [...]
Please be advised that with this year’s flu season being very active, we are asking patients and visitors to follow special precautions throughout the remainder of the flu season. We are restricting patient visitors to those age 14 and older unless there has been permission given by the nurse [...]
Considering the outstanding inroads we’ve made in cancer prevention and detection over the years, it still seems that every day we hear about someone else receiving a cancer diagnosis. It doesn't seem to add up. The good news is that we are more likely to survive cancer and go on to [...]
By James Ware, MD The agony of a migraine headache is debilitating on its own, but can it also be the sign of something more dangerous? Recent studies have found that the risk of heart disease and stroke are increased in women who suffer from migraines. While the [...]
Two faculty members of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at CentraState Medical Center recently had their articles published in prestigious medical journals. John F. Clabby, PhD, psychologist and clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the CentraState Family Medicine Residency and Geriatric Fellowship Program—Rutgers Robert Wood [...]
