Share/Save The North Jersey Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded four grants totaling $146,457 to programs providing breast cancer services in Hudson County. The grants are going to these groups: Hoboken Family Planning’s Breast Cancer Education and Screening Program will use the Komen funding to partner with health care providers, faith-based [...]
Share/SaveThe Jersey City Medical Center will on Wednesday unveil Hudson County’s first Mobile Health Screening Unit, which will go into underserved areas throughout the county to provide health and wellness screenings, dispense care and offer education. The van, which is funded by a federal grant, will provide diabetes, HIV and mental health screenings, do blood [...]
The curious backstory of how North Carolina mom Alaina Giordano went from obscurity to international headlines starts right here in Jersey City.
Share/SaveJersey City’s Liberty Science Center (LSC) has received a $100,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare to develop an interactive education program, Keeping Our Bodies Healthy, designed to help youths prevent and overcome obesity. The program will be developed and tested this summer before being rolled out in Newark public schools this fall; it will later be made [...]
Share/Save Like just about every other kid out there, Dash picks his nose. He’s also had a few face plants while playing. He’s collided with a nine-year-old on a razor scooter and had an infirm old man fall on top of him. All these and other instances have lead to nosebleeds. Kids get banged up [...]
Share/SaveOK, I know that headline sounds like a tabloid quote, but I feel I might have to pull you in by the collar to get your attention. I was doing some research about how, historically, physicians made some unfortunate choices in terms of pregnancy and interventions. For example, there was a time when it was [...]
Share/SaveIn an effort to increase the rate of breastfeeding among its new mothers, the Jersey City Medical Center is set to open a Lactation Center. The center will promote breastfeeding and offer rentals of breast pumps and other products designed to make the process easier for new moms. Hospital officials say many of the mothers [...]
Share/SaveThe Jersey City Medical Center will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening for its new same-day surgery center next Wednesday. The 8,800-square-foot facility, named the Liberty Ambulatory Surgery Center, includes three operating rooms and one procedure room, as well as pre- and post-operative areas. The new facility will cover a variety of procedures, including [...]
Share/SaveThere may be hope yet for Jersey City’s Preventive Medicine Clinic, now that another council member has made a public statement confirming that its services should be a priority for the city. Saying he would “feel like a coward” if he did not speak up, At-Large Councilman Ray Velazquez assured the public Wednesday night that [...]
Share/SaveAs it continues to look for ways to pare down its budget, Jersey City is hoping to transfer the services offered by Downtown’s Preventive Medicine Clinic to the privately owned Horizon Health Center. The clinic, located in the medical building at 115 Christopher Columbus Drive, provides free testing and free treatment for the sexually transmitted [...]
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