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Second Chances for Weight Loss

Many people make the resolution to get healthier by exercising more, eating better and losing weight, but it’s not an easy one to keep—until an event serves as a wake-up call to the potential effect on family and friends. Read more

Saint Clare’s Dover Hospital Achieves Additional National Accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program

Saint Clare’s Health Dover Hospital now meets all criteria as an Adolescent Bariatric Center 

Dover, NJ (March 25, 2019) – Patients seeking surgical treatment for severe obesity and its related conditions have a high-quality choice for receiving treatment at a nationally accredited program that meets the highest standards for patient safety and quality of care in the greater Morris County and Sussex County area. This now extends to adolescents. Saint Clare’s Dover Hospital is the only hospital in the area to achieve such recognition for both adolescent and adult bariatrics. Read more

You Snooze, You Lose: How Insurers Dodge The Costs Of Popular Sleep Apnea Devices

Last March, Tony Schmidt discovered something unsettling about the machine that helps him breathe at night. Without his knowledge, it was spying on him. Read more

ALS Announces Participation with Cigna

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons of Morris will be participating in Cigna. Read more

ALS Announces Participation with Aetna

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons of Morris will be participating in Aetna. Read more

NJ Bariatric Surgeon Designated FASMBS by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

New Jersey Bariatric Surgeon, Alexander Abkin, MD, FACS, FASMBS has been designated as a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Read more