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New Weight, New Life

“My wife, Patty, said it was the best decision she ever heard me make.”
A transformative surgery and lifestyle changes help a man lose 140 pounds. A knee injury back in 1987 had set off a devastating ...
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New Jersey Musician Recovers From Heart Attack

“Everybody at the hospital was great. The nurses on the cardiac floor were wonderful. They were all so caring, and I felt safe.”
When Shore-area trombonist Tommy Meares felt chest tightness and labored breathing he decided to get his “tail over to Monmouth ...
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NBI Heart Transplant Patient Goes Home for Son’s 1st Birthday

Naiya says she feels like a walking miracle and is blessed to be surrounded by all the doctors, nurses and medical staff at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Leaves Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Just in Time to Celebrate Her Son’s First Birthday at Home Naiya Atkins is a walking ...
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In a Heartbeat

When a fitness instructor collapses in class, he receives a lifesaving intervention.
One afternoon last summer, 33-year-old Jonathan (not his real name), a part-time fitness instructor who appeared to be the ...
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It Takes a Village to Recognize and Treat a Heart Attack

“Everybody was great. All the people who responded from the floors and in the ED were fantastic.”
Mark Freiwald was just finishing his shift as Security Supervisor at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) in April ...
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I’m Very Thankful

“I was blessed to get to the right hospital. They saved my life.”
What happened to Debora Edwards shows how the procedure known as angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can ...
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Quick Action Saved a Man Who Had a Heart Attack in the Street

“So many people had a hand in his survival. We could not be more grateful. We are very lucky and very blessed.”
Anthony Catanese, MD Anthony Catanese, MD, a urologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset and a member ...
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A Mystery Solved, a Heart Repaired, a Life Saved

"I’m the last person anyone would think had a heart condition”
Comprehensive care by a top cardiac team uncovers hidden heart disease in a Bayonne man. For Joe Bilotta, 55, a lifelong ...
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Just In Time - Routine Checkup Saves Woman's Life

"Don’t ignore symptoms if something doesn’t feel right. Go to the doctor and get tested. Your life could depend on it.”
Like many women, Virginia Haines, 73, a Freeholder in Ocean County, didn’t think she was at a significant risk for heart ...
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