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For the past decade, Lorraine Stone of Eatontown has focused her full attention on arts and culture endeavors. In addition to forming her own performance company, she has been acting with another group, performing with a samba band, and volunteering for a historic landmark foundation. Nothing sidetracked her passion [...]
When Abbey Olexa collided with another soccer player during a game last May, she pushed through the pain and continued playing. However, after two weeks of rest, the elite soccer striker still had pain. Abbey’s mother, Elizabeth, took the 14-year-old to orthopedic surgeon Gerardo Goldberger, DO. An MRI found [...]
Feeding your child is an intimate bonding experience. However, feeding and swallowing disorders can affect a child’s emotional and physical growth, so it’s important to know the signs and see a specialist as soon as you suspect an issue. Technically speaking, feeding is a complex process involving aspects of [...]
Urinary incontinence—also known as bladder leakage—affects millions of women. While it becomes more prevalent as you age, it’s not a normal side effect of the aging process and you don’t have to accept its symptoms and live with it. The Basics of Bladder Leakage 1. Most women begin to [...]
African-American male basketball players are most at risk for experiencing sudden cardiac death. This March Madness, let’s box out heart disease by raising awareness about the signs and symptoms. It’s estimated that one in every 50,000 sudden cardiac deaths occurs in young athletes. During sudden cardiac arrest, blood flow [...]
At times, pain can quite literally bring you to your knees. When knee pain affects your lifestyle, it’s time to explore your options to ensure that you can continue to be active. Causes of Knee Pain Knee pain can be caused by a degenerative disease of the knee joint, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
