Recent Posts in Heart Care

Nov 25, 2022 - In Heart Care Heart Tests for Everybody

A Guide to Cardiac Checkups That Can Protect Your Health—or Save Your Life The heart is the most important muscle in your body, pumping nutrient-rich blood, helping you function and giving you life. In some cases, your heart provides warning signs of a ...

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Nov 25, 2022 - In Heart Care 7 Keys to a Woman’s Healthy Heart

Here’s What You Can Do to Help Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease Edward Wingfield, MD Heart disease , the leading cause of death for women in the United States, can be insidious, creeping up slowly and seemingly without warning. Often it can be “silent,” ...

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Nov 17, 2022 - In Heart Care Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Open Cardiac Amyloidosis and Cardiomyopathy Center

First-of-its-kind resource in New Jersey for diagnosis and treatment of rare cardiac conditions (New Brunswick, NJ) – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) ...

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Nov 17, 2022 - In Heart Care Healthgrades Names Community Medical Center One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care

HEALTHGRADES NAMES COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER ONE OF AMERICA’S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR SURGICAL CARE Community Medical Center is the only NJ hospital to earn Healthgrades' Surgical Care Excellence Award in 2023. Toms River, NJ – November 17, 2022 – Community ...

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Nov 10, 2022 - In Heart Care What Have You Got to Lose?

If you're significantly overweight, bariatric surgery can lower your risk of certain diseases—and may even add years to your life. Bariatric surgery had its first big moment back in the late 1990s and early 2000s when celebrities like Roseanne Barr, Carnie ...

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Nov 10, 2022 - In Heart Care 7 Keys to a Woman’s Healthy Heart

Here's what you can do to help lower your risk of heart disease. Heart disease , the leading cause of death for women in the United States, can be insidious, creeping up slowly and seemingly without warning. Often it can be “silent,” too, with no obvious ...

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Nov 8, 2022 - In Heart Care The Lowdown on Sugar

Everything you need to know about the sweet stuff we love to hate—and hate to love. We all know that sugar is bad for us—right? Not necessarily. Sugar is not inherently bad, but it is often misunderstood. “Sugar is essential in the sense that ...

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Nov 8, 2022 - In Heart Care A Smart Monitor for Your Heart

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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Nov 8, 2022 - In Heart Care Keeping Hearts Healthy

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway's new Cardiac Clinic can help. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Rahway has launched its Heart Health Center , an outpatient cardiac clinic to ensure continuity of care for cardiac patients. The ...

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