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Unique Wellness Center Opens in Green Brook

La Bella Vita Wellness Center’s unique vision offers ancient healing wisdom and cutting-edge technologies for health and well-being in one Zen-Meets-West environment. La Bella Vita, which means “the good life,” welcomes all to join its fun-filled grand opening on Sunday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Explore an incredible collection health enhancing therapies including floatation pods, cryo and infrared therapies, light therapy, oxygen/aromatherapy station, wraps to slim or detox, foot detox bath and PERK facials. Future offerings include meditation, breathing classes, sound therapy, beginner Italian language classes, plus workshops and speakers on life topics to help clients reduce stress.

The La Bella Vita difference lies, not only in its commitment to health and well-being, but also to community. Natasha, one of the owners of this family run enterprise, shares, “We also hope to organize meetups outside the center to bring people together, whether it’s enjoying a stroll in a park, breathing the ocean air, sipping a glass of wine at a vineyard or movie. The idea is to come together and enjoy this life we have been blessed with.”

The center opens May 1, with Grand Opening May 20. Location: 119-131 Route 22 East, Green Brook, NJ. For information contact 732-200-5648 or [email protected]. LaBellaVitaWellnessRelaxationCenter.com. 

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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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