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By Kunal Gupta, MD, MBA As a central New Jersey-based gastroenterologist, I perform hundreds of colonoscopies each year. Depending on your family and personal medical history, it’s one of those tests you need to undergo because colon and rectal cancers are highly prevalent and particularly sneaky. They [...]
By James A. Ware, Jr., MD A 49-year-old male with diabetes and high blood pressure arrived at CentraState Medical Center’s Emergency Department by ambulance with rapidly fluctuating stroke symptoms. In seconds, he had lost all strength in his right side and was unable to speak. The Primary [...]
By Robert Pedowitz, DO Severe winter weather conditions can pose serious health hazards, and New Jerseyans should take special precautions to avoid weather-related health issues, including dehydration, hypothermia, frost bite and heart attack. “All people, from infants to seniors, are at risk for potentially experiencing health complications [...]
By Vatsala Bhaskar, MD A few years ago, a stressed-out mother poured her heart out to me over the phone. She explained that her 10-year-old son was unable to focus in the classroom and his grades were close to failing. The school wanted to test him for [...]
By Alyssa Brennan, MOT By this stage of the school year, children in first through third grades should be settled in their classroom routine. While some students are experiencing a full-day learning environment for the first time, older children are more acclimated into the educational and social structure of [...]
By Anthony Dissen, MA, RDN We are in the throes of the holiday season and while it’s a happy and festive time, it can also be overwhelming—too much to do, far too little time. As an integrative health professional, I encourage my students to revel in the [...]
By Vasudha Dhar, MD If you have ever seen an image of the gastrointestinal system, you know it’s a busy place. Looking at the miles of intestines squeezed in around the body’s vital organs, it’s understandable why we all experience stomach discomfort now and then. But many [...]
By Nancy Peters, MD According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 60,290 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in this year alone. This means that a woman with an average risk of breast cancer has about a 12% chance of developing breast cancer within her lifetime. And [...]
By Saima Farghani, MD While I’ve done it thousands of times, it never gets easier for me to tell a patient he or she has diabetes. For some, it comes as a complete shock; for others, the news confirms what the patient already suspected. Regardless of the response, [...]
By Mark R. McLaughlin, MD, FACS We were all shocked and saddened to hear about the 49-year-old female television news reporter who suddenly passed away from a cerebral aneurysm. This sad case compelled many to wonder why these aneurysms happen to seemingly healthy people and how they [...]
