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Nov 23, 2022 Ask the Doctor, December 2022 Senior Health

When is it time for a knee replacement? Whether it’s in the knee or hip, severe joint pain may mean you have a decision to make. You’ve had the X-rays and your doctor says that your knee or hip is in bad shape. The doctor says you’re a candidate for joint ...

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Nov 22, 2022 Ask the Doctor, November 2022 Senior Health

First, when and why see a Geriatrician? Geriatrician Sara Ali, MD , an RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group provider affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, recommends patients 65+ see a geriatrician at ...

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Nov 8, 2022 A Smart Monitor for Your Heart Senior Health

The CardioMEMS device uses wireless technology to improve heart failure care. From smartphones to smart speakers, wireless technology has changed the way we communicate and interact with our devices—and with each other. Now, it’s changing the way ...

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Oct 5, 2022 Tips for Healthy Aging Senior Health

RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group Geriatricians Abhijit Chatterjee, MD , and Sana Riaz, MD , discuss tips for healthy aging including when to see a geriatrician, ways to avoid injuries as we age, and how to adopt an overall healthy lifestyle. Dr. Chatterjee ...

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Sep 16, 2022 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Seeks Volunteers for Newly Launched Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) Senior Health

(New Brunswick, NJ) – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is recruiting volunteers to support its newly launched Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP). HELP is a patient care program that provides extra attention and care to older adults admitted ...

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Jul 29, 2022 Nourishing Hungry Neighbors Senior Health

An innovative program from Community Medical Center in Toms River delivers food where it's needed most. For Community Medical Center (CMC) , serving area residents means more than providing trusted, state-of-the-art medical care. It also means offering ...

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Jul 20, 2022 Beat the Heat – Heat-Related Illnesses and Safety Senior Health

Christopher Freer, DO, FACEP Senior VP Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine, RWJBarnabas Health Summer is here! While the summer brings with it warm and pleasant weather, it can also introduce high temperatures and humidity that stress the body’s ability to ...

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Jul 8, 2022 Rethinking Work: What to Ask Yourself Before You Retire Senior Health

What to ask yourself before you retire For most of the past 20 years, retirement rates in the U.S. were declining. People were staying in jobs longer, experts speculated, because of factors such as increased life expectancy, higher education levels and the ...

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Jul 6, 2022 Nourishing Hungry Neighbors Senior Health

An innovative program from Community Medical Center in Toms River delivers food where it's needed most. For Community Medical Center (CMC) , serving area residents means more than providing trusted, state-of-the-art medical care. It also means offering ...

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