Older people are using cannabis more and more, but talking about it with their doctors less and less. A new study by researchers at Rutgers Health finds that fewer than one in five adults older than 65 discusses their cannabis use with their doctors. Mean... See more
Today is not just Juneteenth. It is also Sickle Cell Awareness Day, designated by the U-N. Sakiyyah Burwell Darden is a sickle cell warrior and community health worker at The Sickle Cell Association Of New Jersey. Each sickle cell warrior requires up to 1... See more
Mayor Ras Baraka has lifted the limited curfew imposed around the Delaney Hall detention center. That was effective as of 9 o clock Monday night. While protests continued last Monday night over the conditions at the facility, there was not a single arrest... See more
Street medicine is expanding in New Jersey. RWJBarnabas Health has launched such a program at Trinitas Regional Medical Center to bring medical care to the homeless in Elizabeth. Edward Egan is an emergency room doctor at Trinitas. He is running the progr... See more
From Technology High School in Newark, south to Princeton University. That’s the story of 18-year-old Emilio Hernandez, one of the 156 graduating seniors this year. Hernandez got into Harvard and Princeton, but chose to stay in New Jersey. He said he didn... See more
