By Alfred DeLuca, M.D. We’ve all heard about the Zika virus outbreak in faraway places like South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands (Hawaii, Samoa) and Central America--but how does it affect us here in New Jersey? The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have confirmed nearly 400 travel-related [...]
By Marc Feingold, MD The New Jersey Department of Health reported last year that more than seven percent of the people in our state have been diagnosed with diabetes. And another 190,000 people have diabetes but have not yet been diagnosed. Three categories of New Jerseyans are at highest [...]
By Troy Sukkarieh, MD The number of younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased nearly six-fold in the last 20 years, according to recent studies. Equally concerning, in these younger men is a higher rate of prostate cancer being more aggressive and therefore more life threatening than in older [...]
CentraState Healthcare System is offering free prostate and colorectal cancer screenings on Wednesday, June 15, at 6 p.m. at The Statesir Cancer Center at CentraState Medical Center, 901 W. Main Street, Freehold. The screenings are for men 40 years of age and older who have never had a PSA [...]
CentraState Healthcare System will present a free physician lecture on bariatric surgery, “Is Weight-Loss Surgery Right for You?” on Wednesday, June 1, from 7-8 p.m. at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 West Main Street, Freehold. The lecture will discuss who is a candidate for bariatric [...]
CentraState Healthcare System is offering a free Wellness Event on Wednesday, June 1, from 5-8 p.m. at the CentraState Medical Office at Monroe, 312 Applegarth Road, Monroe. Participants can meet and talk with an internal medicine physician, a registered dietitian, and other specialty clinicians; and take advantage of free [...]
The Central Jersey Wound Treatment Center at CentraState Medical Center has once again earned The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification. CentraState earned the two-year certification by demonstrating compliance with the Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in wound care. The Central Jersey Wound Treatment Center at [...]
By Edward Soffen, MD Every day when I come to work, I’m amazed and exhilarated by the inroads we’ve made battling cancer since I started as a radiation oncologist more than 20 years ago. And we’re not done yet—more promising new advancements in prevention (screening), diagnosis and treatment [...]
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — CentraState Medical Center is holding a free Baby Fair for parents, parents to be and those considering a pregnancy on Monday, May 2 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main Street, Freehold. Attendees can meet CentraState’s board-certified obstetricians, pediatricians, family practice physicians and childbirth [...]
FREEHOLD—CentraState Medical Center is proud to announce that it has recently received Chest Pain Center reaccreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC)—an organization that assists facilities in improving cardiac care processes. Hospitals that receive the SCPC accreditation have achieved a higher level of expertise in dealing with patients [...]
