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Insights and Inspirations Come to Frenchtown

NORWESCAP’s Career & Life Transitions Center for Women is again partnering with Janet Cargill and Carol Camerino to host an Insights & Inspirations Salon charity event on Tuesday, November 12 at 6 PM in Frenchtown.  These “Salons” are defined as “a gathering of socially conscious and intellectually curious women.”  

Stephanie Solaris, founder and director of Solaris Whole Health, will be leading a discussion on integrative health and nutrition at this event. Stephanie is an integrative health and nutrition practitioner certified by the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in conjunction with Columbia University’s Teachers College. Stephanie is a member of The Institute of Functional Medicine and is NEI and First Line Therapy certified. A chemical engineer by training, she merges her scientific background and coaching expertise into a unique transformational lifestyle program.

Tickets are $45 in advance, $50 at the door, and include a delicious 3-course buffet dinner with a cash bar.  All proceeds directly benefit NORWESCAP’s Career & Life Transitions Center for Women program. Expect an exciting, educational, multi-media presentation to learn about functional medicine and integrative health and nutrition. Leave the event knowing ten things you can do to improve your overall health immediately.

Location: The Frenchtown Inn, 7 Bridge St., Frenchtown. For more information, call 908-788-1453, email [email protected] or visit www.InsightInspirations.org.

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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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