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A New Solution for a Common Problem: Enlarged Prostate

By |2024-11-20T16:21:50-05:00October 10th, 2022|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: , , |

Nearly 40 million older American men suffer prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common, non-cancerous condition that can significantly affect quality of life. BPH, also known as enlarged prostate, can block the flow of urine out of the bladder and cause bladder, urinary tract, or kidney problems. Symptoms of the condition [...]

Seeking a Pain-Free Knee: Knee Replacement Surgery Relieves Long-Term Pain for Freehold Man

By |2024-05-10T08:42:24-04:00December 5th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Orthopedics, Patient Stories, Physical Therapy|Tags: , , , , , , |

Alan Schultz had dealt with pain in his left knee for nearly a decade. More recently, however, his throbbing knee was waking him up like clockwork every night at 3 a.m., and he had trouble walking up stairs. At that point, the 65-year-old retiree knew it was time to [...]

Cardiac Rehab Ensures That the Show Goes on for Comedian

By |2024-11-20T14:58:06-05:00May 11th, 2018|Categories: Cardiology, Patient Stories|Tags: , , |

Larry Donsky is known for cracking jokes and making people laugh, but when he suffered a heart attack last June, he got serious about his health with cardiac rehabilitation. Active in the men’s club of his adult community and the local Italian-American club, the 77-year-old Jackson resident regularly booked [...]

MS Doesn’t Stop This Tough Mudder Competitor

By |2024-05-24T10:13:24-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Neuroscience, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , |

For Bob Granito, the personal obstacles he conquers during a 12-mile Tough Mudder® are harsher than the challenges of a 16-foot-high wall, dangling live wires, or a water pit. A veteran participant of 10 Tough Mudders, the 55-year-old Freehold resident demonstrates that his multiple sclerosis (MS) does not define [...]

Occupational Therapy for Wrist Injury

By |2024-11-25T13:54:58-05:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , |

Brian Collins is a leftie. While that fact usually doesn’t impact his life much, it became a serious concern when he severed six flexor tendons, the flexor muscle, and the ulnar nerve in his left forearm, hand, and wrist. Brian, a 44-year-old Howell resident, was walking up his front [...]

Robotic Surgery Provides New Options for Cancer Treatment

By |2024-05-10T08:42:32-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Cancer, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , |

After working for 47 years as a lineman with a power company, Gary Balon is enjoying retirement this summer by working part time as a golf course ranger and spending time with his family, including two grandchildren. If you saw him on the course, it would be hard [...]

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