A council meeting was held recently regarding the safety of the Summit tier parking garage behind Springfield Avenue, reports The Independent Press. According to the article, the mother of a nine-year-old girl who suffered a fractured skull, concussion, and lacerations after a pipe coupling at the parking garage fell and struck her asked the Common Council
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New Drug Approved by FDA for Medullary Thyroid Cancer Treatment
An FDA News Release announced on April 6 that the first medication to treat a rare form of thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, has been approved. Vandetanib will be given to adult patients with late-stage (metastatic) medullary thyroid cancer who are designated as being ineligible for surgery and who are at a point where the disease is
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Hackettstown March of Dimes “March for Babies” Walk to Fund Research for Preventing Pre-maturity, Birth Defects and Infant Mortality
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in every 33 babies is born with a birth defect. While not all birth defects can be prevented, inadequate prenatal screening and counseling can lead to children being born serious birth defects. To help spread awareness of birth defects and premature births, a
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Middletown Man Killed, 2 Injured in 3-Car Garden State Parkway Crash
A nighttime accident on April 2, near mile marker 120 on Parkway South, resulted in death for one man and mild to serious injuries for his passengers, according to NJ.com. The alcohol-related New Jersey car accident, which caused several hours of backed up traffic lanes, involved a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, a 2004 Ford Freestar, and a
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Inspections of New Jersey Same-Day Surgery Centers Reveal Violations
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services inspected 40 unlicensed surgical centers at random between August 2009 and February 2011. According to an NJ.com article, several violations discovered by inspectors have raised concern about patient safety and the quality of care provided to them. Health advocates and some officials are joining forces to have New
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