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Jun 19, 2022 Is It A Heart Attack? What To Watch For Heart Care

Chest pain is only one warning sign—and may not appear in a woman. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a heart attack. Know what the warning signs may be—and realize that they may be different for a woman than for a man. It’s common for women to ...

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Jun 16, 2022 Tobacco Recovery At Your Fingertips Heart Care

A new service provides customized support. You’re trying to quit smoking. You really want a cigarette. What do you do? Pills, medications and patches can help a person overcome a nicotine addiction. But equally important is to have support from the people ...

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Jun 16, 2022 Listening To Your Heart Heart Care

What can a digital cardiac device tell you about your heart's rhythm? “Call your doctor,” said the message on the 87-year-old woman’s Apple Watch. A regular walker and exerciser, the woman wasn’t feeling right, so she’d checked the Heart Rate app. It ...

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Jun 14, 2022 Putting Cardio and Vascular Together Heart Care

Monmouth Heart and Vascular offers coordinated care in one location. Randy Shafritz, MD, RPVI, FACS Many people think of cardiovascular medicine as one specialty. In reality, cardiology and vascular care are often practiced separately. But at Monmouth ...

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Jun 1, 2022 Doctors Hoped to Buy Her Time. Instead, They Gave This NJ Woman a 2nd Chance. Heart Care

The doctors hoped to buy her five more years. Chemotherapy and radiation had saved Mayra Rodriguez’s life. But the treatments for Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had irrevocably damaged the young woman’s heart. She was in heart failure and “in very bad ...

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May 25, 2022 Signs, Symptoms, and Treatments of Stroke Heart Care

David Kung, MD , discusses signs, symptoms, and treatments of stroke. Dr. Kung is an RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group provider and is affiliated with Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center , Newark Beth Israel Medical Center , and Robert Wood Johnson University ...

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May 20, 2022 Medical and Interventional Treatments for Strokes Heart Care

Kiwon Lee, MD, FACP, FAHA, FCCM , Chief of Neurology Services, Director of Comprehensive Stroke Center and Neuro Intensive Care Unit , Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital , discusses stroke treatment. For more information, visit The Stroke Center at ...

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May 19, 2022 The Most Common Signs of a Stroke Heart Care

Kiwon Lee, MD, FACP, FAHA, FCCM , Chief of Neurology Services, Director of Comprehensive Stroke Center and Neuro Intensive Care Unit , Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital , discusses signs of stroke. For more information, visit The Stroke Center at ...

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May 18, 2022 Newark Beth Israel Celebrates Longest-Living New Jersey Resident on Life-Saving Heart Pump Heart Care

Newark, NJ (May 18, 2022) – The Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant team at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center celebrated the longest-living person in New Jersey on a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) , a mechanical heart pump. Mayra ...

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