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Hidden Heart Hazards

You’re naturally lean and take good care of yourself. You eat clean, work out and get a physical every year. So, you don’t have to worry about heart disease, right? Think again. When it comes to heart health, the old adage “you can’t judge a book by its cover,” holds true. Not all forms of ...

Make Activity a ‘Weigh of Life’

Want to help ensure your weight loss efforts are sustainable and long-term? Have some fun! Seriously, we’re not kidding. “Minor changes in your exercise regimen, along with a healthy diet and a strong support system, is a winning formula for weight loss success,” says Cindy Kinsella, health coach at the Star and Barry Tobias Health ...

Healthy Recipes Using Fresh Produce

Live Life Well has partnered with the Freehold Mayor’s Wellness Committee and Honey Brook Organic Farm to bring community-supported agriculture to our area. To help residents with ideas of how to prepare their fresh produce, our certified health coaches at Live Life Well share their favorite recipes with accompanying cooking videos and printable recipe cards ...

7 Common Health Concerns African Americans Should Monitor

Several health disparities exist between African Americans and white Americans. Doctors are seeing diseases that you’d expect to see in older patients—heart disease, diabetes, stroke—in relatively young African Americans. While genetics may play a role in certain instances, socioeconomic factors have a significant impact on how African Americans are able to prevent and treat certain ...

Third Birth: First-Rate Experience

When Gillian Davis, 39, learned she was expecting another child, she knew what she wanted—and didn’t want—for her third baby’s birth. Gillian had gained over 100 pounds with her last pregnancy and had developed polyhydramnios, a condition in which there is too much amniotic fluid around the baby during pregnancy. She felt that her doctor ...

The Endocrine System: Get To Know Your Body’s Engine

The small-but-mighty endocrine system is quite the powerhouse, packed with the glands responsible for producing hormones that regulate important functions of your body, including sleep, metabolism, and growth. These hormones affect every single part of your body. It’s vital to have a functional endocrine system, as hormone overproduction or underproduction by these glands can lead ...

Remarkable Recovery Through Cardiac Rehab

Ken Savoia, 59, was no stranger to heart issues. The avid runner had seen his cardiologist, Ted Gutowski, MD, regularly for the last 15 years to ensure that minor cardiac troubles didn’t develop into more concerning conditions. Then three years ago, Dr. Gutowski diagnosed Ken with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HCM). In this relatively rare cardiac ...

Coronasomnia: Why You May Not Be Sleeping and What to Do About It

There are a lot of things we can live without, but sleep isn’t one of them. Many of us don’t get the sleep we need in normal times, let alone during a worldwide pandemic. In fact, fear of catching COVID-19 and grappling with everything that’s changed because of it has given rise to a new ...

Back to the Slopes: Spine Surgery Ends Decades of Pain for Sports Enthusiast

Andrew Ferrara was a three-sport high school athlete when he suffered a football injury that permanently sidelined his athletic career. He herniated two discs in his back as a teen. At the time, the surgery to repair it was risky. So instead, he wore a brace to stabilize his back and gave up sports—and the ...

EBUS Procedure Expands Ability to Detect Lung Cancer Early

When you first hear “EBUS,” you may think it’s a mode of transportation to take to work or to get into town. In health care, however, the term refers to endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) bronchoscopy. While it may not get you from here to there, it provides an effective route for pulmonologists to steer directly to ...

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