Community walks all night to support Relay for Life
The American Association of University Women of New Jersey supports public funding for comprehensive family planning programs, and opposes attempts to reduce their services through drastic public funding cuts.
The Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network, based in Belleville, recently hosted a Health Fair and Wellness Screening for mental health patients in its psychiatric rehabilitation program.
Jennifer Romagnino’s battle with cancer started seven years ago when a cut on her nose wouldn’t heal.
Oradell resident Richard Denicola traveled to Costa Rica.
TENAFLY -- From dusk until dawn, more than 400 neighbors ” both near and far ” camped out May 22 at the track behind Tenafly Middle School in a 13-hour celebration about recovery, remembrance and fighting back against cancer at Tenafly’s first Relay for Life fund raising event.
Len Brooks, left, Dr. Andy and his wife, Maxine, and their daughter, Janey, with Zachary Brooks and his sister, Rachel during the Community Day at Dr. Andy’s Chiropractic Center in Parsippany on May 15.
Over a lifetime, healthy retirees may pay as much as $105,000 more than those in poor health, according to the report, which was sponsored by Prudential Financial.
Nutley residents Anthony Greco and Rob Bonora will be making an epic journey on foot from San Diego, Calif., then back home to Nutley to support the local Gail's Angels Foundation and to promote a healthy lifestyle. They'll be joined by John Costa, who'll be cycling across the country.
Nutley's Fourth Annual Relay for Life raised $128,000, according to Parks
Nutley's Fourth Annual Relay for Life will begin at 5 p.m. Friday in DeMuro Park, off Margaret Avenue.
A slew of events are planned as Ridgefield Park prepares for its first Relay For Life event.
About 80 residents gathered at Garfield City Hall on Thursday night to get answers from federal and state officials about a cancer-causing chemical that has contaminated 16 homes.
Soldier says a series of Army mistakes prolonged his diagnosis
Annual fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society produces many poignant moments
Joan Hopper of West Milford has learned a lot since her doctor told her 17 years ago that she had breast cancer. “I was naïve. I thought it was like a cold. OK how do we fix it” she recalls saying back in the day.
Gov. Chris Christie Thursday assured an audience of some 300 AARP members he would not impose premiums and co-pay hikes on a prescription drug program for low-income senior and disabled people.
State Democrats plan on passing bills Thursday to increase taxes on millionaires to pay for rebates and prescription drug benefits for seniors and the disabled.
Teachers, friends and family from Belleville’s School No. 4 participate in a Cure for Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, April 25. Pictured, from left, are Carmen Spina, Samantha Cummis (survivor) Michael Dias and Carolyn Torchia.
Local cancer survivors and their families will walk with hopes of seeing more birthdays, while joining in the fight and educating the public at this year’s Relay For Life in Wayne.
Teaneck’s Municipal Alliance has funded activities designed to prevent drug and alcohol abuse among residents.
Event will raise funds for Straight from the Heart Foundation
Gov. Chris Christie this morning said he would reverse course on a contested plan to raise prices on prescription drugs for seniors in state health care programs, canceling a proposed $310 deductable and increased co-pays.
The world's biggest drugmaker says it will cease operations at eight plants in Ireland, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. by the end of 2015.
Mahwah's Lisa Calitri was diagnosed with MS 14 years ago, but that hasn't stopped her competitive nature.
The asphyxiation deaths of two boys prompted the government Monday to announce the recall of 1.8 million toy dart gun sets.
American Cancer Society's Relay For Life kicks off at Glen Rock High School
Consumers are increasingly negotiating doctor and hospital bills
The National Federation of Independent Business will join the argument that Americans cannot be required under the Constitution to obtain insurance coverage.
FORT LEE -- Residents can take part in the second "Run the Palisades" 5K Run/Walk and Health Fair event May 16.
Dr. Berman talks about addiction and how difficult detoxing can be for an addict.
For all of the spring baseball season, high school juniors Dan McEldowney and Mickey Stec are rivals. Off the field, they are going to bat for the same team, their charity called “Innings in Relief.”
Stroke awareness month
West Milford reader talks about the power of polls and who's listening, or not listening, when the public speaks.
Kinnelon reader calls attention to the need to improve the odds for pregnant women in the United States and increase their survival rate.
Iris Shamus of Upper Saddle Rivercreated AllerMates, which are wristbands kids with various food allergies can wear to warn or remind teachers or babysitters.
The state this week will begin testing the soil underneath some Pompton Lakes homes that sit atop a plume of groundwater contaminated by a munitions factory.
The law encourages the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants available for agencies to provide outpatient, inpatient and home-based health services for women with or at risk for postpartum conditions.
The Department of Agriculture is setting new standards for the levels of salmonella and another pathogen in young chickens and turkeys as part of an effort to strengthen food safety.
Letting young adults stay on their parents' health insurance until they turn 26 will nudge premiums nearly 1 percent higher for employer plans, the government said in an estimate released Monday.
Bone marrow transplants are undergoing a quiet revolution: No longer just for cancer, research is under way to ease the risks so they can target more people with diseases from sickle cell to deadly metabolic disorders.
Columnist Howard Ball talks about the road to recovery from the horrors of two strokes.
Parents Mary and Joe have coverage, as does older daughter Sarah. But siblings Andrew and Emily have been turned down due to medical conditions even though both lead fairly normal and active lives in Overland Park, Kan., a Kansas City suburb.
May has been designated as Childhood Stroke Awareness month, and Gloria Schwartz of Wayne wants to increase awareness.
inaugural event is a fund-raiser to raise money for breast cancer research
Help from professionals to prevent allergy suffering
The borough is preparing to get rid of those buzzing bloodsucking pests better known as mosquitoes by Memorial Day, but the only thing holding up the process is getting a permit for the insecticide.
Seeing triple at the 3-D movie? Films can cause dizziness, nausea
Scientists are puzzling over a surprising increase in stomach cancer in young white adults. Rates in all other American adults have declined.
Ingredients used by Johnson & Johnson in some of the 40 varieties of children's cold medicines recalled last week were contaminated with bacteria, according to a report by the Food and Drug Administration.
As controversial as mammograms are for women in their 40s, some get them even younger — and new U.S. research casts doubt on their usefulness.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting to discuss ways to curb abuse of a key ingredient found in Robitussin and other cough suppressing medicines.
"Prevent cancer by having your stomach completely removed." That was the advice given to Pat Armstrong, a Montclair resident who was genetically predisposed to stomach cancer due to a mutation in one of his genes.
Art offers an escape from trichotillomania, a compulsive hair-pulling disorder that has wreaked havoc with her scalp and wrecked her social life.
Caleigh Lans of River Vale received the ultimate gift this year for her 16th birthday: a new liver.
The recall involves children's versions of Tylenol, Tylenol Plus, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl, because they don't meet quality standards.
Days of drenching rain, quickly followed by temperatures that soared into the 90s, produced an "explosive" allergy season .The pollen level is expected to climb through the rest of the week, with "very high" levels predicted for today and Saturday.
DEP will take a stand on perchlorate in New Jersey's drinking water
Jane Scarfo marks her 30th year at the Clifton Health Department.
Two hospitals in New Jersey, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston participated in the exchange.
Millions of seniors signed up for popular Medicare Advantage insurance plans don't get the best quality, an independent study found.
The Justice Department says two subsidiaries of U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay more than $81 million stemming from allegedly illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax
The Justice Department says two subsidiaries of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay more than $81 million stemming from allegedly illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax.
Caleigh Lans, a 16-year-old Pascack Valley High School student received a liver transplant last month. To pay for the expenses of the transplant, the family, with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, is hoping to raise $85,000.
Columnist Holly Stewart remembers three 'newspaper angels' who recently passed on.
Local fencing coach, Chris Awad, is looking to contribute to cancer research in a big way and he needs your help.
Wayne reader talks about the need to rein in lawyers and curb malpractice suits' potential if health care is to truly see reform.
For some people summer vacation marks an escape from the hustle and bustle of the daily grind but for Keith Perkins it satisfies a much deeper craving.
Use of high-tech imaging scans in older cancer patients has climbed substantially in recent years, a study found, raising concerns about costs and radiation exposure.
President Barack Obama is pushing to speed up insurance coverage for young adults in their twenties — a key early benefit of his prized health care overhaul — but the law's fine print suggests some won't be able to sign up until next year.
Democratic lawmakers assailed Health Commissioner Poonam Alaigh Tuesday morning on Governor Christie’s proposed elimination of state funding for family planning and an increase of the hospital bed tax.
Jeffrey Weingarten, who leads the group NJ Tea Party said the petition sends a message to the governor: "We voted for you because we expect you to represent us."
People battling signs of major depression showed a yearning for chocolate that drove them to eat twice as much of the sweet treat as those not depressed, University of California researchers said.
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