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If you’ve been struggling with back pain for any length of time, it can feel like it will never go away. What’s worse, you’re probably even more hopeless if you’ve tried any form of physical t herapy or chiropractic care before. Stretching has never made your hamstrings more flexible, while chiropractic adjustments and conventional treatments didn’t leave you with any long-lasting relief. You’re left frustrated and with no choice but to live with it and restrict your active lifestyle, or worse, to consider injections and risky surgery. We want you to know that there is a way to end your pain and regain the joy of movement, no matter what you’ve tried before. We’ve helped hundreds of active adults make back pain a thing of the past, and we’d love to show you how. We have a special, one-time offer for Town Topics readers. Dr. Payal Patel, low back treatment specialist, has opened three spots in her schedule for free “discovery visits.” Call (609) 218-8003 today to reserve your free discovery visit and learn how you can end your back pain and live a confident, active lifestyle again.
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Independent, in Control, and in the home you love. Akin Care was voted the 2017 Town Topics Readers’ Choice w inner for Best Senior Care because they provide the most reliable and compassionate in-home senior care to the elders of our community. Akin Care Seniors Services guarantees the best fit between you and one of their highly-trained caregivers by working together to meet your unique needs and expectations. Small enough to know each one of their clients, yet large enough to provide for all home care needs, they can ensure you, or the one you love, lives independently, in control, and in the home you love. Services are available seven days a week and can range from a few hours to aroundthe-clock care. Akin Care is not a franchise. They are family-owned and based in Princeton, N.J. On call 24/7. Never an answering service, a staff person, whom you probably already know.
Mercer Oral Surgery Fred J. Vecchione, DDS, PC
Dr. Vecchione achieved certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1987, is a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and has been a member of the hospital staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton and T he Medical Center at Princeton since 1988. Upon graduation from the New York University S chool of Dentistr y in 1978, he served in the U.S Air Force Dental Corps as a general dentist until 1981.
He then completed his residency training in anesthesiology and oral and maxillofacial surgery at Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami, Florida between 1981 and 1985. Dr. Vecchione has practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery at his central location within Mercer County since 1988. The practice has moved to a new location in the Quakerbridge P rofe s sional C enter at 1 Nami Lane, Suite 2, in Hamilton. As a specialist in surgery of the mouth and jaw, Dr. Vechionne performs the following procedures routinely: surgical removal of impacted wisdom teeth; single/multiple tooth extractions; dental implants to replace missing teeth— bone grafting when necessary; apicoectomy (surgical root canal); oral cancer screening; biopsies and indicated follow-up treatment; laser surgery for soft tissue lesions; removal of cysts and tumors; pre-prosthetic surgery; management of dental infections; impacted tooth exposure; extractions for orthodontic treatment; and general anesthesia/sedation. Mercer Oral Surgery uses state-ofthe-art CT scans/3D imaging. Same day emergency treatment available. Mercer Oral Surgery participates with all Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey medical plans, and their traditional dental plan. The office also accepts most major dental and medical insurance plans. Call ( 609 ) 520 0046.
Princeton Care Center
At Princeton Care Center, we are dedicated to the “Art of Living Well.” Our residents enjoy dignified care in a location that encourages independence and enhances self-esteem. Princeton Care Center offers both long-term and sub-acute care in one beautiful state-of-the-art facility. In addition, we now offer a specialized Parkinson’s Disease Program and a newlyopened dedicated memory-care unit, The Garden. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) affects approximately one million people in the U.S. The team at Princeton Care Center has gone through specialized training to provide world-class care and rehabilitation specific for people with PD in both our sub-acute rehabilitation unit and long-term care facility. The overall goal is not to only preserve, but improve physical ability so that independence and active life styles can be maintained. Princeton Care Center features a dedicated unit, The Garden, in which cognitively impaired residents can move about freely in a safe, secure, home-like environment while living their lives to the fullest. The staff receives specialized training to provide continuity and structure for our cognitive impaired residents. This person-cen-
tered approach in nursing care focuses on sustaining feelings of belonging, purpose, and safety while seeking to preserve a sense of self. We believe that no matter where an individual is on life’s journey, they have the right to live in a dignified manner and to enjoy meaningful experiences every day.
accessible to them and that we work as partners together on their health. In the health care model to d ay, t h e r e i s b ar ely enough time to address illnesses, let alone time to get to the root cause of illness and to promote overall good health. We are doctors who already spend much more time with our patients than most internists. We see about six to eight patients a day, by choice, because we believe we need time to listen to and work with our patients in order to provide the best care. The average internist sees 25-30 patients a day. There is nothing more important to us than the privilege of being your physician. We love helping and caring for our patients and we value the time we spend with each of you. We provide outstanding care when you are ill and also want to help each of you become and stay healthier and enjoy your lives. Princeton Lifestyle
Princeton Lifestyle Medicine
Princeton Lifestyle Medicine is a 21st-century approach to health care that consolidates the very best characteristics of traditional medicine with the profound impact of lifestyle behaviors on health. Our concierge lifestyle practice allows us to incorporate lifestyle medicine into our comprehensive inter nal medicine practice. For an annual fee, our program offers many conveniences and concierge ser vices. We love the extra time we spend with our lifestyle medicine patients. Our patients love that we are more
Medicine is located at 731 A lexander Road, S u ite 200, Princeton. For more information, visit us at www.princetonlifestylemedicine.com or call (609) 655-3800.
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Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, a national leader in infertility care and IVF, has 10 locations across New Jersey. We’re excited to announce that our new location in Princeton is opening September 12. With a 64 percent IVF delivery rate in women under 35 (www.sart.org), RMANJ is a global destination for hopeful parents looking to spend less time in care and more time being a family. With some of the highest In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) delivery rates in the U.S. and the world, RMAJ is constantly researching and validating the safest and most effective technologies to help you increase your chances for a successful pregnancy and delivery. According to Dr. Melissa Yih, who leads the Princeton practice, “A big part of what I love about my job is being able to help my patients understand what t hey’re doing and why
they are doing it.” Dr. Yih spends a great deal of time working together with her patients, helping them feel like they’re a part of their fer tilit y treatment. She says, “Patients often come to me feeling overwhelmed by the whole infertility process. It can leave them feeling a loss of control and it’s important for me to help them gain back some of that control along the way.” Thanks to unmatched deliver y rates, cut ting e dge tech nolog ie s li ke SelectCCS, and awardwinning patient centered care, RMANJ has been recognized by physicians and patients alike for their contributions and commitment to the treatment of infertility. Call (973) 656-2089 to make an appointment.
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You can measure hope. 64% IVF delivery rate.* At Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, we measure everything— because everything matters when you’re trying to have a baby. With IVF success rates well above the national average, our expert team has helped hopeful patients from New Jersey and around the world become parents. Award-winning scientific advancements, financial options such as our new CareShare 100% refund program, and success rates are just some of the ways we measure hope—available at a new location in Princeton, opening September 12th.
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Special Olympics New Jersey transforms lives through the joy of sport, every day. Special Olympics New Jers ey is de d ic ate d to bringing pride into the lives of all involved. We are a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, completely free of charge. All programs are free to eligible athletes, including insurance, facilities, equipment, uniforms, housing,
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University Orthopaedic Associates (UOA)
L o c ate d c e n t r a l l y i n Princeton, New Jersey, University Orthopaedic Associates (UOA) has a team of specialists ready to provide
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or the past two years, Dr. Lynne B. Kossow and Dr. Barbara A. Brown of Princeton Lifestyle Medicine have offered their patients far more than the traditional primary care practice. Most doctors see 25-30 patients a day for an average of 15 minutes, but Drs. Kossow and Brown see six to eight patients a day for up to an hour. In addition to providing treatment for acute illnesses, the doctors act as their clients’ healthcare coaches through Lifestyle Medicine, a scientific approach to patient wellness by effecting changes in areas such as diet, physical activity, and stress management. With the current shortage of primary care physicians and the abundance of high volume practices, this type of individualized attention is rare. However, by switching to a concierge format, doctors like Kossow and Brown are able to practice medicine that consists of this broad-spectrum care. Concierge medicine, also known as retainer-based medicine, is an umbrella term for private medical care wherein patients pay an out-of-pocket fee in exchange for enhanced care. Born in the 1990s, concierge medicine was once thought of as a service for the wealthy that charged patients a lofty fee for luxury medicine. In recent years, it has evolved to accommodate patients across all income brackets, leading to expanding interest among patients and their primary care doctors. According to a survey released by the American Academy of Private Physicians at the AAPP 2015 Fall Summit, more than 45 percent of 862 independent physicians would consider a concierge or similar membership model in the next three years. This may be due in part to our aging population needing increased and varied medical services, leading to an imbalanced patient/doctor ratio. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has increased the number of insured patients, putting a further strain on primary care doctors. As a result, physicians are often unable to dedicate enough time to each patient. In the hopes of increasing both job and patient satisfaction in a financially sustainable way, primary physicians like Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown are looking toward concierge medicine. “Where conventional medicine is failing is in the prevention and reversal of chronic diseases that are becoming an epidemic in the United States today,â€? explain the doctors. “The current insurance model is built upon a problembased economic reimbursement that encourages doctors to address medical problems very quickly. This leads to most doctors rushing to see 25-30 patients per day in order to make ends meet‌This is not how we have ever practiced. We always want to have the time to address the root cause of diseases that are preventable today.â€? “For the past two years, we have been offering our Lifestyle Medicine Concierge Program as an optional program for our patients,â€? they continue. “Lifestyle Medicine is a 21st century approach to healthcare that consolidates the very best characteristics of traditional medicine with the profound impact of lifestyle behaviors on health. As our program grew, it became readily apparent to us that integrating Lifestyle Medicine into our internal medicine practice
was the best way for us to continue to provide exceptional care‌ We feel that the concierge model is the only way to effectively [do that].â€? Concierge medical practices come in various forms, including those that reject insurance plans all together, but this is not the case for Princeton Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown accept insurance for all covered medical services. In addition, their patients pay an annual fee of $1,200 for the Lifestyle Medicine Concierge program, which gives them access to an elevated level of care. Trained at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the doctors are at the vanguard of their field, having lectured about their practice development model at The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in 2015. They are also members of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown’s practice is unique in that it offers patients comprehensive conventional medical care combined with lifestyle counseling. Patients interested in a natural approach to disease prevention are provided in-depth, individualized coaching based on their needs. The doctors can assist with everything from quitting smoking to creating a manageable diet and exercise plan. According to the doctors, this is an evidence-based practice that has been shown to prevent, reverse, or slow down heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, diabetes, dementia, and some cancers. The concierge model offers Princeton Lifestyle Medicine patients additional benefits including access to the doctors’ emails, cell phone numbers, and private phone line, extended patient office visits, a one-hour consultation, and same or next day appointments. As a result, patients see Drs. Kossow and Brown not only as accomplished medical doctors, but health advocates, mentors, and even friends. “Our practice structure allows us to spend more time educating our patients about what may be going on with them medically,â€? the doctors explain. “We are better able to work with them as partners in their care and advocate for them with their specialists or if they are in the hospital. We provide tremendous support and guidance to them and their caretakers or family. We are happy to have this enhanced communication with our patients. It allows us to make social visits when they are hospitalized at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro so that we can stay in close touch while they are receiving care.â€? Concierge practices like Princeton Lifestyle Medicine focus the healthcare system on its most vital component: the patient-doctor relationship. The model emphasizes quality care instead of quick care, benefitting both parties. Dr. Brown and Kossow are now board certified as specialists in the practice of Lifestyle Medicine and are the only physicians in the Princeton area who are board certified in both Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. As leaders in both concierge and Lifestyle medicine, it comes as no surprise that Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown are at the forefront of this effort, bringing Princeton into the future of healthcare.
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