Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center has launched a “Name the Robot Contest” for the hospital’s Stryker Mako robotic surgical system. The hospital is inviting local community members to put their creative thinking caps on and suggest a nickname for the robot.
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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center will participate in the American Dental Association’s “Give Kids a Smile” program on Friday, February 4, to provide free dental care for children 12 years old and younger.
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The Communicable Disease Service of the New Jersey Department of Health has recognized Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center as a 2021 Antimicrobial Steward. This award recognizes facilities who have promoted antimicrobial stewardship practices from 2020 to 2021 that encourage and maintain the health of patients, personnel and the general New Jersey population.
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For Naiesha Brooks, 44, knee pain and missing her children’s activities were finally too much to bear.
She had always been an active person, enjoying dancing and exercising, especially boxing. During one strenuous boxing workout she tore the meniscus in her knee, the C-shaped piece of tough cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between your shinbone and thighbone. It’s a common knee injury and easily repaired, but Naiesha put off getting the surgery for years.
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Each November, we celebrate Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, ahead of breast, pancreatic and colon cancers combined. In The U.S. alone, there are approximately 160,000 deaths each year. By spreading awareness about the disease, and lifestyle factors that can contribute to developing Lung Cancer, our hope is to help prevent further progression on disease.
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Mountainside Medical Center has announced that Daniel Mansour, M.D. will take on the role as medical director of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the lung cancer screening/lung nodule program. In this role, Dr. Mansour will operate the thoracic surgery program to ensure its organization and delivery of excellent, timely and evidence-based care.
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Mountainside Medical Center is offering monoclonal antibody treatment [Regen-Cov] to patients with confirmed COVID-19. The use of monoclonal antibody treatment has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.
Those who qualify for monoclonal antibody treatment include:
· Individuals, 12 years and older weighing at least 88 pounds, with confirmed COVID-19 who are at risk of progressing to severe COVID-19 (including those who are 65 years of age or older, those with certain chronic medical conditions and those who are unvaccinated).
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For Agnieska “Agnes” Hamiga, being on the receiving end of healthcare was a new experience.
A certified home health aide in Wallington, N.J., Agnes has been caring for the sick for more than 28 years. She typically cares for patients in their homes, occasionally being on duty for more than 24 hours at a time.
On a 2018 drive home from work with her husband, their vehicle collided with an ambulance, sending her to the hospital. Her right leg was injured, from her hip to her ankle, with swelling around her knee.
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Every year more than 1.3 million Americans will be living with, or be in remission from, a blood cancer.
Multiple myeloma, one of three main blood cancers (with leukemia and lymphoma), is a cancer of plasma cells, which are a type of white blood cells. When these cells form naturally in bone marrow, they produce antibodies, playing a key role in keeping the immune system strong enough to ward off most diseases.
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When most people think about cancer, they tend to think of lumps and bumps, something visible they can see and touch. But with blood cancers, there are no immediate visible signs, just the effects of the cancer in the blood system. It may only be identified after a patient visits their doctor and describes symptoms like:
· Fatigue
· Pain and soreness
· Swelling
· Loss of function of an infected organ
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