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Breathe In, Breathe Out: How to Keep Your Lungs Healthy
Read more: Breathe In, Breathe Out: How to Keep Your Lungs HealthyHealthy Lung Month is recognized in October as a time to encourage all to avoid smoking cigarettes and stay physically active to keep your lungs healthy. To learn more about the importance of these topics as well as lung cancer screenings, we spoke with Mountainside Medical Center’s Dr. Juhayna Davis. How badly can smoking affect the…
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Neurosurgery Awareness Month: Dr. Heary
Read more: Neurosurgery Awareness Month: Dr. HearyPhoto: Dr. Heary While many neurosurgeons are known for their cerebral work, Dr. Heary focuses heavily on spinal surgery. “I think many times, people presume neurosurgery is just cerebral aneurysms and brain tumors, whereas in fact, the field is much broader”, Dr. Heary, Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at Mountainside Medical Center says when…
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From the Ground Up: Building Mountainside Medical Center’s Lactation Program
Read more: From the Ground Up: Building Mountainside Medical Center’s Lactation ProgramLaurie Barbalinardo and Tish Buggeln are two very recognizable faces around the town of Montclair, New Jersey, whether they’re at the grocery store or walking to work. Laurie and Tish started Mountainside Medical Center’s breastfeeding lactation program over twenty years ago, in October of 1998. Laurie had been a nurse for eight years working in…
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Creative Grilling For Your Health
Read more: Creative Grilling For Your HealthYou’ve made burgers, lick-your-fingers ribs, and crushed your Fourth of July BBQ, but don’t hang up those grill tongs just yet. There are still several more weeks of warm weather and many more recipes to try out. Grilling can be one of the healthiest ways to cook your meats and vegetables. Plus, not only is…
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Oncology Nurses Month: I Have a Dream
Read more: Oncology Nurses Month: I Have a DreamI have a dream… Each oncology patient is one unique individual. To best serve the needs of this one patient we should be one team One team that works to discover the cause of their disease One team that creates a plan for an optimal outcome as defined by this one patient and family One…
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 28, 2018
Read more: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 28, 2018“America is going through a huge drug epidemic,” says Karen Palatella, VP CQCO at Mountainside Medical Center. “Many drug addictions and overdoses begin with prescription pills,” she continues. Leaving leftover pills in your medicine cabinet is not safe. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription…
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Mountainside Medical Group adds Pulmonologist, Juhayna Davis, M.D.
Read more: Mountainside Medical Group adds Pulmonologist, Juhayna Davis, M.D.Montclair, NJ, – (April 4, 2018) – Mountainside Medical Group announced today the addition of pulmonary physician Juhayna Davis, M.D., expanding the group to 17 physicians. Dr. Davis’s practice focuses on evaluating and treating patients with a variety of lung and respiratory symptoms including asthma, cancer, cough, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, chronic bronchitis and emphysema), interstitial lung…
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Tips on How to Prevent Memory Loss
Read more: Tips on How to Prevent Memory LossPhoto: Dr. Ki-Sook Yoo, Behavior Health Specialist at Mountainside Medical Center The human brain has the capacity to learn new information and improve memory at any age. This is known as Neuroplasticity. Based on clinical studies a diet that includes antioxidants such as fruits and vegetables can protect the brain from cell damage. Diet’s high…
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Living a Heart Healthy Lifestyle to Prevent Heart Disease
Read more: Living a Heart Healthy Lifestyle to Prevent Heart DiseaseFor American Heart Month, we spoke to Dr. Ankitkumar Patel, interventional cardiologist and the director of the Cardiac catheterization laboratory at Mountainside Medical Center to discuss his thoughts on the importance of this month. “Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States,” shares Dr. Patel. “Many of…
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The Importance of Cervical Cancer Awareness and Prevention
Read more: The Importance of Cervical Cancer Awareness and PreventionFor Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, we asked Mountainside Medical Group OB/GYN, Dr. Vanessa Parisi, why she thinks spreading awareness and prevention of cervical cancer is so important. “There has been a drastic decrease in the number of cervical cancer cases and cervical related deaths because of pap smears and HPV vaccines,” Dr. Parisi shares. “But…
