Susan Bass Levin, President and CEO of The Cooper Foundation, announced that the Ninth Annual Jim Fifis Lung Cancer Research Fund Dinner held on Sept. 17, raised $125,000 for the lung cancer program at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Since its founding in 2011, this annual event has raised more than $1 million to ...
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Bergen New Bridge, Bergen Community College collaborate on CNA program
Deborah Visconi, Bergen New Bridge president and CEO, said the partnership will bridge the gap of care providers in the state, while empowering staff to fulfill academic and professional passions.
Read More »Pallone secures enrollee expansion for the 9/11 WTC health program
The increase was necessary after Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar notified Congress that enrollment numbers for responders had hit 80 percent of capacity.
Read More »Murphy administration highlights comprehensive efforts to address trauma and ACEs
The Murphy Administration announced Wednesday its continuing efforts to reduce Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma in New Jersey’s children. The latest advances include a $12 million, multi-year federal grant and an executive on loan, to continue to guide the administration’s efforts. “Adverse experiences can affect children and mothers for a lifetime. As the next ...
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Hackensack University Medical Center announces participation in investigational, one-time gene therapy clinical trial for Parkinson’s patients
The Division of Movement Disorders at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Hackensack Meridian Health University Medical Center have been selected as one of multiple medical centers in the United States to participate in the RESTORE-1 Phase 2 Clinical Study of VY-AADC, an investigational gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease. The randomized, double-blinded, placebo-surgery controlled ...
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Sweeney challenges tobacco companies to take immediate action to curb vaping by young people
Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-3rd District, met with officials from the three top tobacco companies, where he challenged them to take immediate action to reduce the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic smoking devices by young people. Senator Sweeney summoned officials from Juul, Altria and Reynolds to a meeting in Trenton, where he urged them to ...
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New partnership creates largest urology network in the Northeast
New Jersey Urology (NJU) and Urology Management Associates (UMA) said on Wednesday they partnered with Premier Urology Group LLC effective Sept. 13. The partnership creates one of the largest urology groups in the United States, with 124 providers in 52 locations, including five cancer treatment centers. Combined, the organizations will have more robust resources for ...
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Valley opens Center for Women’s Health and Primary Care in Montvale
Located at 135 N. Kinderkamack Road, the facility is a multispecialty medical practice with board-certified physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, urogynecology, maternal-fetal medicine and infertility.
Read More »Executive Women of New Jersey releases 2019 list of NJ public companies with at least 3 female board members
This list is part of EWNJ’s efforts to ensure that women have equal access to the boardroom and high-level executive leadership.
Read More »Report reveals New Jersey teen suicide rates among lowest in the nation
New Jersey ranked eighth overall, up four spots from 2018, in this year’s edition of the 2019 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report. At the national level, the report shows the rates of teen suicide and child mortality have increased sharply since the inaugural report in 2016. However, despite these challenges, women ...
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RWJBarnabas Health increases access to critical recovery support services
RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) announced on Tuesday it committed to reducing the number of opioid prescriptions prescribed by actively participating in the Deliberate Reduction of Opioid Prescriptions (DROP) initiative with 25,380 fewer emergency department patients and 21,116 fewer inpatients receiving an opioid at discharge over the past 18 months. As of May 2019, only 3.81 percent ...
Read More »Experts say New Jersey’s life science industry continues to thrive
New Jersey’s dynamic and growing life science industry continues its growth spurt thanks to a great location, a talented workforce and attractive economic incentives. Home to 2,200 companies and 12 of the top pharma companies, the Garden State is attracting more and more companies across the life science sub-sectors. At an ACG NJ monthly breakfast meeting ...
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