If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, you are not alone. An estimated 9.3 million adults have reported having suicidal thoughts in the past year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Recent celebrity suicides can perpetuate these thoughts, as can other triggers [...]
The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center at CentraState is proud to announce that it has received the 2019 Excellence in Quality Improvement Award from the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA). The Manor’s Administrative Certified Nursing Aide Program was selected for its work to improve care quality and resident safety [...]
Building on the success of its first solar panel installment, CentraState Medical Center plans to take the next step this winter by expanding its solar energy production capabilities. In 2015, the hospital installed a 7-megawatt ground-mounted solar panel “farm” on its campus that currently provides for 33 percent of [...]
It’s that time of the year again when we take stock of our lives and make goals for self-improvement. For many, these goals revolve around eating healthier and moving more. However, these resolutions are simply too vague to be effective, and most of us don’t have a support system [...]
Barbara Engler hasn’t been the same since falling off her horse onto a stone wall when she was 14. Then compression fractures in her spine that resulted from a car accident, paired with arthritis, meant living with back pain of varying degrees for decades. She tried different procedures in [...]
Brian Giacchi has experienced muscle spasms off and on since age 9. When the condition ramped up in his 20s, he sought medical advice. Unfortunately, several years of doctors’ visits, testing, and frustration failed to solve the mystery. Then finally, at age 34, he got an answer: he had [...]
Unbearable, debilitating, and disabling are just some of the ways that Krisda Abene, 43, used to describe her menstrual periods. The mother of three from Jamesburg began suffering from painful periods in her 20s, but it was after she had her third child at age 27 that her symptoms [...]
A few years ago, Walter “Bud” Burch’s wife, Kathy, found him on the kitchen floor writhing in pain. He had to be carried to their truck before being driven to the emergency department. Suffering from a chronic condition called trigeminal neuralgia, Bud lived with this kind of intense pain [...]
Edward Stoner, MD, a board-certified internal medicine physician on staff at CentraState, has considered team sports as his “gym” for most of his life. A self-proclaimed aging athlete, his interests have ranged from high school football to tennis, golf, and racquetball. But over the past decade, he’s found a [...]
Pelvic pain, prolapse, and incontinence are not easy to talk about. But more importantly, they’re not easy to live with. So what can you do? The first step is to learn more about it. Join CentraState's ongoing women’s series for wine, cheese, and intimate conversation on all things pelvic [...]
