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MorningStar Comprehensive Optimal Health Program

Do you find yourself running out of steam during the day or generally not feeling well? Do you want to make better health choices but don’t know where to begin? At MorningStar Family Health Center, Dr Jean Golden-Tevald and Dr Eddie Fleming are committed to helping you achieve optimal health. They help their patients address their current concerns as well as prevent future health problems.

The doctors at MorningStar realize that lifestyle creates 95% of health outcomes. They know that clients need a systematic, comprehensive, multidisciplinary program to help them implement a healthy lifestyle. Thus, they created the “Foundations for Optimal Health” program.

This 6-12 month program addresses the pillars of health: detoxification, nutrition, fitness, hormones and nervous system. It includes specialized, functional testing, visits with the physician, group classes, books, online learning and visits with and integrative nutritionist as well as health coaching. Developed with a personalized approach, the results have been outstanding.

MorningStar Family Health Center also hosts a live seminar for those interested in this comprehensive approach to healthcare. A video review of the seminar is available on their website.

 

Location: MorningStar Family Health Center, 54 Old Highway 22, Clinton. 908-735-9344. MorningStarFHC.com. For information about the seminar, call 908-528-8121.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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