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For Mary Barrow, simple pleasures like taking walks with her husband became difficult after two falls left her with chronic back pain and unsteady knees. When injections didn’t fully relieve her symptoms, the 71 year old wasn’t sure what to do. “It was annoying,” Barrow said about her back pain. “It was like a toothache.…

At Mountainside Medical Center, Lanie Peace, RN, is making a big impact – not just for her patients, but for the hospital as a whole. Her work in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) has been a source of inspiration to many. “She is just one of those extraordinary people that you meet that really has…

Do you feel burning, numbness or tingling in your fingers, particularly the thumb, index, middle, and ring finger? Do your fingers feel swollen, particularly at night? Do you occasionally feel a shock-like sensation that can radiate to the first four fingers, or a pain or tingling that travels all the way up the forearm? Several…

Photo: Team members from Labor & Delivery and hospital leadership at the award ceremony. MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (June 2, 2022) – Mountainside’s Highly Reliable Hero Award was created to celebrate the heroes around us – the person or department that goes out of their way to do extraordinary things for our patients, family members and fellow…

For Chrissy and Russell B. finding the right OB-GYN to deliver their first child was no easy task. After touring a few hospitals, they were set on delivering at Mountainside Medical Center but still needed to find the right OB-GYN to care for their baby during pregnancy. “We chose Mountainside because it is a community hospital,” Chrissy…

While summer typically means more time outside, the season also brings an increased threat of tick bites. These parasites can be relatively harmless, but they can also carry and spread illnesses like Lyme disease. We spoke with Mountainside Medical Group’s Crystal Tank, M.D., and Ashany Sundaram, M.D. to learn more. “Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and less…