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Food Label Facts at Your Fingertips

By |2024-05-10T08:16:48-04:00February 1st, 2021|Categories: Cardiology, Health A-Z|Tags: , |

By Caryn Alter, MS, RD, FAND, Registered Dietitian Cardiac Rehabilitation at CentraState Medical Center Whether you’re purchasing your groceries online or perusing foods from your pantry, it’s essential to understand how the Nutrition Facts label impacts your health. The label format has recently been revised and improved by the [...]

Back on the Trails After Posture Program

By |2022-11-08T12:37:30-05:00January 14th, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: , , |

For years, Freehold resident and CentraState Associated Auxiliary member Marie Schubel dealt with stooped posture and pain due to spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease that significantly decreased her ability to walk. “I walked hunched over and couldn’t straighten up or stand for more than 10 minutes,” explains Marie, [...]

Preschooler Finds His Voice with Speech and Occupational Therapy

By |2024-05-10T08:36:50-04:00January 13th, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z, Pediatrics|Tags: , |

Before Chandler, age 3, started speech and occupational therapy at CentraState’s OceanFirst Rehabilitation Center, he spoke very little and communicated primarily with pointing, despite having early intervention services. After months of intensive therapy, this now-talkative child has found his voice. Chandler suffered from recurring ear infections that made hearing, [...]

A Clearer Picture of Parkinson’s Disease

By |2021-06-15T16:43:22-04:00January 13th, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: |

Parkinson’s disease is generally diagnosed through a comprehensive clinical evaluation that includes a medical history and a physical examination, but conditions like essential tremors and drug-induced Parkinsonism can have symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. CentraState is one of a few hospitals in the region to now offer DaTscan™, an [...]

Shed the “Quarantine 15”

By |2021-03-25T02:18:13-04:00January 8th, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: , |

If you’ve packed on the “quarantine 15,” as the COVID-related weight gain has been dubbed, and are having trouble taking it off, you’re not alone. “Turning to food in times of stress is common,” says Caryn Alter, MS, RD, FAND. Add to that the decreased opportunity for organized exercise [...]

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