If you have experienced pain, pressure, discomfort, or leaking “down there,” it may not be easy to talk about. More important, it’s not easy to live with. These symptoms may be the sign of a pelvic floor disorder, a common group of conditions that happen when the muscles, ligaments, [...]
Joe Holden isn’t a quitter. After six spine surgeries and countless hours of traditional physical therapy in eight years, the Manalapan resident still needed a wheelchair to get around. For Joe, that wasn’t living. Joe suffers from spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal that puts pressure on [...]
The Greater Freehold community now has a convenient new option for receiving coordinated, family-centered health care with the opening of the Freehold Family Health Center at 597 Park Avenue in Freehold. This state-of-the-art center now houses the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) Family Medicine Residency Program at [...]
Life can be stressful at times. However, if not alleviated, stress can impact women both short term and over time, according to Nancy Peters, MD, of Family Practice of CentraState in Colts Neck. By learning effective ways to cope with stress, you can protect your body from its detrimental [...]
Julia Schleuss was a trailblazer when she joined the boys’ wrestling team at Wall Township High School. However, when she broke her collarbone during a match this winter, she was concerned that she might never wrestle again. Julia, 16, decided in eighth grade that she wanted to join the [...]
While Tony Yodice isn’t from Philadelphia, he feels like Rocky Balboa twice a week. The 79-year-old Monroe resident is fighting the effects of Parkinson’s disease through boxing—and he’s winning. Tony was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease five years ago after noticing tremors in his hand. Parkinson’s disease is an incurable [...]
As sisters, Neysa Coy and Nayda Coy-Sabosik have a lot in common: a love of reading, an infectious laugh, and a positive mindset. Unfortunately, they also share a history of breast health issues. Neysa, 43, had a precautionary mammogram two decades ago because she was concerned about her family’s [...]
There’s good news for the more than 54 million Americans diagnosed with some form of arthritis: a new class of medications is providing quick, safe relief from pain and swelling. Types of Arthritis There are more than 100 types of arthritic conditions. Symptoms include inflammation and swelling of the [...]
The number of people diagnosed with autism has grown in the 20 years that I’ve been a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and so has my understanding of the disorder. I first learned about autism in my Growth and Development Course when I was a medical student 20 years ago. [...]
Last February, when Gail Lombardo experienced vomiting and diarrhea while babysitting her grandchildren, she assumed she had picked up a simple stomach virus. It was when she didn’t have the strength to get out of bed the next day that her family began to worry. “It hit me hard,” [...]
