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Neurosurgery Quickly Dispels a Man's Searing Pain

“I can do whatever I feel like doing now,” Joseph says. “I got a fresh start.”
At the most miserable point in his ordeal, Joseph Cyrek’s pain was worse than he ever could have imagined. “Sometimes I’d lock ...
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Rehab in Toms River Helps Man Make a Comeback After COVID

Rehabilitation at Community Medical Center helped one man return to work after battling coronavirus. Learn more about COVID recovery and rehabilitation
When Warren Sias of Toms River developed a cough in early March 2020, he thought it was just a bad cold. But his symptoms ...
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Pediatric Neurosurgery: Help When You Want It Most

A 10-year-old girl collides with a bike, leading to emergency brain surgery.
Families in one Belle Mead, New Jersey, neighborhood look forward to their end-of-the-summer block party. Streets are closed to ...
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Stopping a Stroke in Its Tracks

“Miraculously, I regained all movement and speech”
With quick action, a multidisciplinary neurocritical care team identifies a hemorrhagic stroke in progress and prevents ...
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I Got My Life Back

Thanks to spine surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, a physician can walk without pain.
In the summer of 2019, Robert Silverbrook, DO, an internist with RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, was suffering from ...
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No More Shaking

“It was like turning on a light switch. Literally the next day, my voice was almost back to normal.”
A High-Tech Procedure Helps Control the Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease In 2013, Mike McCormack of Wyckoff was diagnosed with ...
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Cutting Edge of Surgery

“I have no problem with my writing or with buttons, and I can cook and wash dishes again. When I put my hand out, it doesn’t shake like it used to.”
Deep brain stimulation is just one of the advanced treatments that neurosurgeons and neurologists at Newark Beth Israel Medical ...
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Nursing Student Recovering from Series of Strokes- Elena's Story

You don’t really think that it’s going to be a stroke at 21.
When nursing student Elena Bonner began experiencing left sided weakness, she initially thought she may be experiencing symptoms ...
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Brad's Story

"Monmouth Medical Center’s incredible physicians saved my life, saved my brain and added to the quality of my life, now we want to pay it forward and get involved.”
Brad remembers December 9, 2016 as the day of his operation at Monmouth Medical Center. Leading up to this day, Brad, 52, ...
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