New Jersey news and information

Being short on cash may make you a bit slower in the brain, a new study suggests.
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There may be new hope in the fight against obesity among American youth.
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An internist with offices in Wayne and Montville, N.J., on Wednesday became the fourth doctor to plead guilty this month to charges of pocketing tens of thousands of dollars in bribes for referring patient blood tests to a Parsippany, N.J., lab.
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Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., has expanded its medical education offerings through its July 1 merger with the Newark-based University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
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Jeffrey Weinstein, executive director and CEO of Hunterdon Healthcare Partners, explains the physician hospital organization's work toward clinical integration and participation in public and private innovations in payment models. He was interviewed during the Healthcare Financial Management...
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The corrupt former president of a New Jersey lab testing firm said hundreds of doctors demanded bribes and kickbacks as part of a $100 million Medicare and insurance billing scheme.
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British drugmaker AstraZeneca plans to spend about $260 million on Omthera Pharmaceuticals, a specialty drug developer with only 14 employees but has a potential treatment for patients who have high levels of fats called triglycerides in their blood.
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Apparently the word is out. The discerning expectant Canada goose won't hatch her goslings just anywhere anymore. Only the hospital will do. Seems two facilities have had parts of their employee parking lots turned into fowl maternity wards this spring.
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A for-profit company that owns three hospitals in New Jersey unveiled a new identity as an integrated health system with plans to offer a Medicaid plan and sell insurance on the state exchange about to launch under the healthcare reform law.
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Technology is going to radically change visits to the doctor in the years ahead. Some pilot programs—including several in New Jersey—use special computers that allow physicians in remote locations to take vital signs, have real-time conversations with patients and potentially improve...
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