“Feel Better, Function Better, Live Longer” in 2017 with The Cancer Support Community at Monmouth Medical Center

Make 2017 your healthiest year yet with “Feel Better, Function Better, Live Longer,” a free program offered by The Cancer Support Community at Monmouth Medical Center.

Dr. James Proodian, DC CCSP CSCS, will lead the presentation, explaining simple steps to ensure your health for the New Year. Dr. Proodian, a past recipient of NJBIZ’s “Healthcare Hero” Award, host of a weekly radio show on health topics and health and wellness blogger, will educate members on how the “Triad of Health” – addressing physical, nutritional and emotional needs – can help achieve wellness. The lecture will also cover environmental impacts and how to overcome them, and how genetic factors affect today’s health issues.

“Feel Better, Function Better, Live Longer” will take place on Wednesday, January 18 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Suite ST-007 of the Maysie-Stroock Pavilion at Monmouth Medical Center, located at 300 Second Avenue in Long Branch. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome, but registration is required by calling the Cancer Support Community at 732-923-6090.

About the Cancer Support Community
The Cancer Support Community (CSC) offers supportive programs, education, and hope for individuals affected by a cancer diagnosis, no matter where treatment is received. Monthly programs include relaxation and guided imagery, yoga, mindfulness meditation, exercise for strength, support groups and much more. Please contact CSC at 732-923-6090, or email Joan.Hogan@rwjbh.org for a copy of the monthly program calendar.

About Monmouth Medical Center
Located in Long Branch, N.J., Monmouth Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, along with The Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, is one of New Jersey's largest academic medical centers and has been a teaching affiliate of Philadelphia’s Drexel University College of Medicine for more than 40 years. From its earliest days, Monmouth Medical Center has been a leader in surgical advancement and has introduced many technological firsts to the region, including robotic surgery and other minimally invasive techniques. Monmouth Medical Center is the only hospital in Monmouth and Ocean counties to consistently receive an “A” Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization of employer purchasers of health care and the nation’s leading experts on patient safety. It is one of eight New Jersey hospitals to receive a four-star rating from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the highest hospital rating in the state.