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By Caryn Alter, MS, RD, FAND, Registered Dietitian Cardiac Rehabilitation at CentraState Medical Center Eating healthy while dining out has always been a challenge. At least in pre-COVID times, you could ask your server questions about how the food was prepared. Now with so many of us giving up indoor dining for takeout, it’s become ...
By Caryn Alter, MS, RD, FAND, Registered Dietitian Cardiac Rehabilitation at CentraState Medical Center Whether you’re purchasing your groceries online or perusing foods from your pantry, it’s essential to understand how the Nutrition Facts label impacts your health. The label format has recently been revised and improved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). ...
By Mutahir Abidi, M.D. With their smaller frames and thinner bones women are already more at risk for osteoporosis and bone fracture than men. And as women enter menopause, sharp drops in estrogen increase those odds. In fact, 80% of the 10 million Americans who are diagnosed with osteoporosis are women and one in two ...
People who are diagnosed and treated for cancer often have ever-changing concerns and questions as their treatment is rendered. Survivors may feel they are alone with unique challenges and circumstances. When traditional treatment is completed, these feelings can intensify as contact with healthcare providers lessens. CentraState’s Life After Cancer program is specifically designed for survivors, ...
For years, Freehold resident and CentraState Associated Auxiliary member Marie Schubel dealt with stooped posture and pain due to spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease that significantly decreased her ability to walk. “I walked hunched over and couldn’t straighten up or stand for more than 10 minutes,” explains Marie, 79. “Even the thought of going ...
When Freehold resident John Russo fell after a progressive decline in his ability to walk, he figured he’d have to endure another joint replacement surgery. But he was shocked to learn that a serious spinal condition was causing his pain—and partial paralysis. John, 54, was in the Navy during the Gulf War when he suffered ...
Before Chandler, age 3, started speech and occupational therapy at CentraState’s OceanFirst Rehabilitation Center, he spoke very little and communicated primarily with pointing, despite having early intervention services. After months of intensive therapy, this now-talkative child has found his voice. Chandler suffered from recurring ear infections that made hearing, and therefore verbal communication, difficult. “He ...
Parkinson’s disease is generally diagnosed through a comprehensive clinical evaluation that includes a medical history and a physical examination, but conditions like essential tremors and drug-induced Parkinsonism can have symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. CentraState is one of a few hospitals in the region to now offer DaTscan™, an FDA-approved technology to help differentiate Parkinson’s ...
Cancer prevention, screening, and treatment should not be put on pause amid a pandemic. With more stories about colorectal cancer in the headlines, now is a good time to learn the facts about this disease. Kunal Gupta, MD and Amy Tilara, MD, board-certified gastroenterologists and co-directors of interventional endoscopy at CentraState, have teamed up to ...
When Linda Kantor felt stomach discomfort last Valentine’s Day, she assumed it was indigestion from a heavy celebratory dinner and took some antacids. But the feeling persisted the next day with some pain in her arm, so she called her son-in-law, who advised her to go to an urgent care center. There, an electrocardiogram was ...
