Key rating drivers include WNJ’s downward-trending patient utilization,
high debt burden, high age of plant, and unfavorable service area
characteristics. The decline in patient utilization in 2006 is
attributed to the loss of a general surgeon, closure of WNJ’s north
campus facility, increased competition from a physician-owned ambulatory
surgery center, and a challenging environment for physician recruitment. Read the rest of this entry »

This innovative and comprehensive Web-based Certificate program is designed to ensure the development of safe and effective exercise programs for women by personal trainers, allied health/medical and fitness professionals, and the general public. The program is designed to prepare graduating students for a career working with women of all ages at medically-based fitness facilities, community wellness programs, YMCA/JCC’s, personal training
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What puts a man’s health at risk as he gets older?
By Matthew Hoffman, MD
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
More boys than girls are born every year in the U.S. But any lead in health men start with vanishes with the first dirty diaper.
From infancy to old age, women are simply healthier than men. Out of the 15 leading causes of death, U.S. men lead women in all of them except Alzheimer’s disease, which many men don’t live long enough to develop. Read the rest of this entry »

Associated Press
10.17.08,
4:30 PM ET
Discovery Laboratories Inc.
said Friday it submitted a response to the Food and Drug Administration’s request for more information on the developing drug Surfaxin, which is aimed preventing respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.
Discovery originally hoped to gain approval for the drug in 2006, but clinical and manufacturing issues have led to repeated delays.
According to guidelines Read the rest of this entry »