Tag: health
Making a Wish to Help Others
By John Burton
Second-grader’s desire to help other kids gets assistance from RBC students
RED BANK – Despite a serious medical condition that could become more...
The 3 A’s: April, Alcohol, Awareness
By Teresa Liccardi, M.D.
April has been designated as national alcohol awareness month. This month has been chosen because of a very troubling fact. According...
Greeting Spring – One Sneeze at a Time
By Judy O'Gorman Alvarez
The days are getting longer. Flowers are blooming. Spring is in the air. And so is the pollen.
If on some days...
Blood Drive Slated for March 28 in Lincroft
LINCROFT – The youth group at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation and New Jersey Blood Services is sponsoring a blood drive from 4 to 8:30...
Family Medicine Specialist Joins Riverview, Bayshore Hospital
Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank and Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel have welcomed Jessy Joykutty, M.D. to its medical staffs.
Joykutty specializes in family...
Free Car-Seat Screening March 12 at Monmouth Medical Center
LONG BRANCH – According to the National Safe Kids Campaign, four out of five child safety seats are used incorrectly, with an average of...
Bariatrics Center at Bayshore Earns ‘Center of Excellence’ Designation
HOLMDEL – Bayshore Community Hospital has announced that its Center for Bariatrics has earned the prestigious “Center of Excellence” designation from the American Society...
Paint the Town Needs You!
Area campaign for awareness of the importance of mammography seeking volunteers
NEPTUNE – Planning, promoting and participating in a community-wide event; volunteering and giving back...
Mental Health Association awarded $210,000 from Foundation to Help Sandy Victims
The Mental Health Association of Monmouth County (MHA) recently was awarded $210,000 from the Robin Hood Foundation’s Robin Hood Relief Fund.
The funds are for...
Drinking for Oral Health
By Teresa Liccardi, M.D.
Do you know which disease the World Health Organization has deemed the No. 1 worldwide epidemic?
Dental caries. In the United States,...
