Recent Posts in Pulmonary and Critical Care

Jan 12, 2024 - In Pulmonary and Critical Care World-Class Health Care Close to Home: RWJBarnabas Health Brings Services to Hoboken and Jersey City

RWJBarnabas Health brings services to new sites in Hoboken and Jersey City. Hudson County residents don’t have to travel outside the county—or even their own neighborhoods—to get world-class healthcare. As part of a systemwide goal to bring convenient, ...

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Jan 25, 2023 - In Pulmonary and Critical Care A Breakthrough Treatment for COPD

Patients with severe breathing difficulties have a new treatment option. There’s new hope for people with emphysema, a progressive, life-threatening lung condition and a severe form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Emphysema has no cure, ...

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Nov 8, 2022 - In Pulmonary and Critical 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 health ...

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Jul 27, 2022 - In Pulmonary and Critical Care A First-of-Its-Kind Treatment for Blood Clots

Mechanically clearing arteries to the lungs can quickly reduce heart risks. A 52-year-old woman came to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) feeling chest pain and shortness of breath. But she wasn’t having a heart attack. Instead, she had a ...

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Jul 18, 2022 - In Pulmonary and Critical Care How Vaping Harms Kids

A study explains what happened to a group of local teens — and makes a surprising discovery. Vaping resembles smoking cigarettes: Users inhale and expel a smoke-like substance. But vaping devices don’t burn tobacco. Instead, they heat liquid chemicals such ...

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Jun 19, 2022 - In Pulmonary and Critical Care Childhood Asthma: What to Know

Avoid common myths to help your child feel better. Anas Al-Turki, MD What’s the best way to help a child who has asthma? “There are a number of myths about pediatric asthma that can be harmful to a child’s treatment,” says Anas Al-Turki, MD, a pediatric ...

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Apr 7, 2022 - In Pulmonary and Critical Care Breathe a Sigh of Relief

Many pulmonary conditions can be treated in ways other than open surgery. Two physicians at CBMC share how they use technologically advanced and minimally-invasive techniques to diagnose and treat disease and cancer of the lungs. Lung disease is a serious ...

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Dec 2, 2021 - In Pulmonary and Critical Care Recovering From COVID-19

Hospital offers Post-COVID Recovery Program A new program at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) is helping COVID-19 patients with lingering health issues fully recover through coordinated rehabilitation and outpatient services designed to help ...

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