Nearly one million people live in poverty in New Jersey, an increase of just short of 250,000 people in the past 10 years, according to 2014 Census data released today. The rate of state residents living in poverty dropped slightly between 2013 and 2014, from 11.4 percent to 11.1 percent, though an estimated 973,000 people live…

Washington Township, NJ – The Kennedy Cancer Center is seeking participants for a first-of-its-kind, tumor-targeted National Cancer Institute (NCI) clinical trial called Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice, or NCI-MATCH. This type of precision medicine focuses on treating patients based on the genetic characteristics of their individual tumor.

 As the largest precision medicine trial for cancer to date, NCI-MATCH seeks to determine whether matching certain drugs, or drug combinations, to people whose tumors have specific gene abnormalities will effectively treat their disease, regardless of cancer type. For more information about participation in this clinical trial, please call Karen Swenson, RN, OCN, at the Kennedy Cancer Center: 856/218-5790. 

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By Eric Boehm / September 7, 2015 | watchdog.org

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ENCOURAGING KIDS TO EAT OATMEAL: The label of Founders’ Breakfast Stout is illegal in the state of New Hampshire.

The parents of a Pennsylvania woman who died after attending an icy-water Polar Bear Plunge at the New Jersey shore are seeking to prove in court she may have been alive even as she was being pronounced dead by first responders who didn\’t examine her. Jury selection is expected to begin Wednesday in U.S. District Court…

Albert H. Perseo, on September 13, 2015, of Bellmawr. Age 93.

People with a genetic predisposition for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) significantly increased their odds of developing the blinding eye disorder if they had a history of heavy smoking and consistently did not exercise or eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to an observational study of women funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

The estimated number of people with AMD will more than double by 2050.

Eating a healthy diet and getting exercise have been shown in earlier studies to protect against AMD, a leading cause of vision loss among people age 50 and older. Findings from this latest study, conducted by a team of investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggest that genetic and lifestyle factors may contribute to AMD in a synergistic way. The findings were published online in the journal Ophthalmology.

New York, N.Y. – Sept. 16, 2015) Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen today toured several Superfund sites in Morris, Essex, and Sussex Counties in N.J. They were joined by state and local officials to highlight the effectiveness of the federal Superfund law in protecting the health of people who live and work near contaminated sites.

\”New Jersey has the most Superfund cleanup sites in the nation,\” said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. \”Here more than anywhere, we can see how a strong national Superfund program is vital to protecting the health of people who live and work in every corner of the state.\”

NIH-funded study links enlarged brain cavities to need for second surgery after birth

Fetuses with enlarged ventricles — the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain — may be less likely than their counterparts to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.