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Stroke Victims are Getting Younger and Younger
Read more: Stroke Victims are Getting Younger and YoungerDr. Ahsan Sattar, Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery at Mountainside Medical Center, has been noting a decrease in the average age of his stroke patients. He mainly attributes this to modern American lifestyle habits including poor diet, obesity, lack of exercise and smoking. With the recent news surrounding the death of 52-year-old actor Luke Perry following…
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Bariatric Surgery Leads to Better Health for New Jersey Woman
Read more: Bariatric Surgery Leads to Better Health for New Jersey WomanSince the age of 18, Audrey Gholston had struggled with her weight. “Like a lot of women, I started gaining weight after I had my first child,” said Gholston. “I tried different weight loss methods but I always gained back any weight that I had lost.” After more than a decade of weight problems, she…
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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Achieves National Accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
Read more: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Achieves National Accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement ProgramMontclair, NJ, [January 2019] – Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). The MBSAQIP Standards, ensure that bariatric surgical…
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Spotlight on Cardiac Rehab at Mountainside Medical Center
Read more: Spotlight on Cardiac Rehab at Mountainside Medical CenterThe Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center provides medically supervised cardiac rehabilitation fitness programs for individuals with identified cardiovascular disease, as well as those with known risk factors. Patients who have undergone open heart surgery or are in congestive heart failure are prime candidates. Candice Powell, exercise physiologist with the cardiac rehab program,…
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Dr. S. Charles Oh, Gastroenterologist, joins Mountainside Medical Group
Read more: Dr. S. Charles Oh, Gastroenterologist, joins Mountainside Medical GroupPhoto: S. Charles Oh, M.D. Montclair, NJ, – (January 2019) – Mountainside Medical Group announced today that S. Charles Oh, M.D., has joined the practice, expanding its internal medicine group to include the subspecialty of gastroenterology. Dr. S. Charles Oh has been practicing medicine for nearly three decades. Known for his warm and approachable style, Dr. Oh was named a…
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Dr. Steven Herman, Thoracic Surgeon, joins Mountainside Medical Group
Read more: Dr. Steven Herman, Thoracic Surgeon, joins Mountainside Medical GroupPhoto: Steven Herman, M.D. Montclair, NJ, – (January 2019) – Mountainside Medical Group has announced that Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center’s Chief of Thoracic Surgery Steven Herman, M.D., has joined the practice. Dr. Steven Herman holds several academic positions in prestigious institutions. He is an Associate Professor, Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall. Dr. Herman is also…
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Dr. Rajitha Reddy Gujja, Internist, has joined Mountainside Medical Group
Read more: Dr. Rajitha Reddy Gujja, Internist, has joined Mountainside Medical GroupPhoto: Dr. Rajitha Reddy Gujja, M.D. Montclair, NJ, – (February 8, 2019) – Mountainside Medical Group has announced that Rajitha Reddy Gujja, M.D., has joined the practice, to service the community’s growing need for primary care physicians. Dr. Rajitha Reddy Gujja has been practicing medicine for over two decades. She completed her residency at Mountainside Medical Center. She is…
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Understanding Birth Defects
Read more: Understanding Birth DefectsEach year in the United States, more than 120,000 babies are born with birth defects. With such a high number, what steps can future parents and expectant mothers take to prevent birth defects? Dr. Vanessa Parisi, OB/GYN of Mountainside Medical Group, is sharing general practices women can implement into their lifestyle to prevent birth defects, as…
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Tips on How to Maintain a Healthy Weight
Read more: Tips on How to Maintain a Healthy WeightNew Year, new you. This is a statement that’s often used as we make resolutions for ourselves in a new year. But just how easy is it to maintain those resolutions? According to U.S. News, approximately 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February. Why is this statistic so high? It’s…
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New Year, New You
Read more: New Year, New You“A year from now you will wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb The New Year is the perfect time to take action on the important changes you are hoping to make in your life. An easy way to achieve this is by using SMART goals. The acronym stands for: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and…
