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Jane Lerner

Jane LernerJane Lerner covers the health and hospitals beat for The Journal News in Rockland. She has worked for The Journal News since 1991, first in Westchester, then in Rockland. She has a master's degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, where she completed a concentration in health and science writing. She lives in Rockland with her husband and two children.

E-mail Jane Lerner at jlerner@lohud.com

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New mammogram guidelines

November
17

New recommendations for mammograms are sure to cause both concern and confusion.

A federal panel is changing long-standing advice and now recommending that women wait until they are 50 to get a mammogram and then every two years—a big change from years of telling women to get a mammogram at age 40 and then every year.

If [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 17th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Hospital bans kids to stop flu spread

November
16

In an effort to prevent the spread of both seasonal and H1N1 flu, Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey is banning visitors under 18 from the hospital unless they have an appointment or need medical treatment.
In other steps designed to reduce the spread of the flu, the hospital is also asking patients not to [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 16th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Free memory screening offered

November
13

The Promenade at Blue Hill, an assisted living and memory care facility, is offering a free memory screening as part of  national Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness month.
The screening is being held from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, at The Promenade, 582 Veterans Memorial Drive, Pearl River.
The event features a face-to-face screening, which takes five to [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 13th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Nyack Hospital 10K run 5K walk

November
12

The 19th Annual Nyack Hospital 10K Run and 5K Walk will take place Nov. 21.
Funds raised at the event will benefit the  Joint Replacement Center at Nyack Hospital.
The race will start at Nyack Hospital, loop around the village and end at the hospital. The event features computerized race results, spotters on the walk course, water [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 12th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

CVS pays fine to settle expired products lawsuit

November
10

New York state Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo  has reached an $875,000 settlement with the national retail pharmacy chain CVS to end its sale of expired products, including over-the-counter drugs, baby formula, milk, and eggs, at stores across New York State.

The settlement concludes the lawsuit previously filed by the attorney general in New York Supreme [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 10th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Web seminar for family caregivers

November
9

People who care for the homebound and elderly often need care themselves. A home healthcare agency, Home Instead Senior Care, is offering a free web conference for family caregivers at 7 p.m.  Nov. 19.

The web conference, “The Best Care for Your Parents: Senior Care Solutions and Potential Pitfalls,” will be co-hosted by Suzanne Mintz, president [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 9th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Poll: Few who want H1N1 vaccine can get it

November
6

A new poll from shows that most people who tried to get the  swine flu vaccine for themselves or their children were unable to receive it.
The poll by the Harvard School of Public Health showed that only 30 percent of adults who tried to get it for themselves were able to obtain the vaccine.
It also [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 6th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Former home of Helen Hayes to host hospital fundraiser

November
5

Pretty Penny, the Nyack riverfront mansion where Helen Hayes lived for many years, will be the site of a fundraiser next month to benefit the hospital named in honor of  the famous Broadway actress.

The Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation will host a “Holiday Pretty Penny Social” on Sunday, December 6,  from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 5th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Former state health commish reprimanded, fined

November
3

Former New York state Commissioner of Health Dr. Antonia  Novello has been reprimanded and censured by a board of the Department of Health that she once led.

Novello will have a to pay a $10,000 fine and complete continuing education in the area of professional ethics, according to a finding issued by the Office of Professional [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 3rd, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Beward of fake swine flu cures

November
2

A shampoo to protect against the H1N1 virus? A dietary supplement that does the same? How about a spray that claims to leave a layer of ionic silver on one’s hands that kills the flu virus? 

The are all among the quack cures that have come to the attention of the Food and Drug Administration.

The federal [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on November 2nd, 2009 | Post a Comment »

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