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Apr 27, 2018 - In In the News Federal Autism Study Shows New Jersey’s Rates on the Rise
In the News
New Jersey has significantly more children diagnosed with autism than other states – and rates are still on the rise. But experts agree, that while concerning, these numbers also reflect a high level of parental awareness, a concentration of skilled ...
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Apr 26, 2018 - In RWJBarnabas Health News Michael E. Knecht, RWJBarnabas Health Marketing And Communications Leader, To Chair Association Of American Medical Colleges Group
RWJBarnabas Health News
Michael E. Knecht, FACHE, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Communications, RWJBarnabas Health, has been appointed Chair of the Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The GIA is the only ...
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Apr 18, 2018 - In Wellness How RWJBarnabas Health is Keeping Mother Nature Hopeful This Earth Day
Wellness
As a health care organization, we recognize when our patients need some guidance with their health, and we’ve made great strides in taking care of the planet, too. Earth Day is April 22, and RWJBarnabas Health is proud that our system has added some green ...
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Apr 18, 2018 - In Wellness April is Donate Life Month – Register to Become an Organ Donor and Give a Second Chance at Life
Wellness
Everyone has a story – whether it was a friend of friend, a neighbor, or a cousin’s roommate –but rarely is it ever, “Did I tell you that an organ donation saved my life?” At RWJBarnabas Health, we would like to hear more of these life-changing stories – ...
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Apr 18, 2018 - In Wellness Dispose Prescription Pills Safely at Local Sites on Drug Take Back Day
Wellness
Medications are an important part of many health maintenance programs. They can manage symptoms, cure disease, control pain, and/or prevent serious complications related to chronic illness. Properly disposing of prescription and nonprescription drugs is ...
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Apr 17, 2018 - In Heart Care Hirohisa Ikegami, MD, Joins RWJUH Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program
Heart Care
Hirohisa Ikegami, MD , has joined the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He specializes in ...
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Apr 12, 2018 - In Heart Care A Safer Fix for Heart-Valve Problems: TAVR Tackles Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly
Heart Care
What saps vitality after age 75? One thing, in many cases, is a condition called aortic valve stenosis—a narrowing of the valve that connects the left ventricle to the aorta, the body’s largest artery, often caused by the gradual buildup of calcium. The ...
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Apr 12, 2018 - In Heart Care Take Heart—and Take Control: Act today to Improve Your Longtime Cardiac Health
Heart Care
If you could do something just 15 minutes a day that could give you a longer life, would you do it? For most people that would be a no-brainer. “One study showed that 15 minutes of walking daily can extend life,” says Gary J. Rogal, M.D. , medical director ...
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Apr 12, 2018 - In Heart Care Getting the Heart Back on Beat: When Doctors Treat Cardiac Arrhythmia, It Helps to Have Choices
Heart Care
The key to fixing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, is finding the exact spot in the heart that causes it. Because of a trio of high-tech tools now in use by heart specialists at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, the hunt just got easier. For patients, ...
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