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Dr. Evan Matthews

“Sometimes people feel that if the drug is helping them lose weight, they don’t need to do things people normally would do for losing weight, ie, purposeful diet with exercise. It will get the patient to a level of fitness that allows them to regain some of the muscle they lost or at least push the body to start maintaining the muscle better

Evan Matthews, Professor of Exercise Science and Kinesiology, discussed with Medscape the importance of incorporating exercise alongside GLP-1 medications for comprehensive obesity management, emphasizing that exercise can enhance weight loss.


Stephanie Silvera

Dr. Stephanie Silvera

“Most of the cases, particularly the more severe cases of long COVID, were really seen from the people who developed COVID-19 in that first wave. That wild wave, we had no immunity to it. There were no vaccines available, and there were no really good treatments.”

Stephanie Silvera, Professor of Public Health, was featured on NJ Spotlight News discussing the long-term impacts of long COVID, and how the virus has left many individuals with lasting symptoms and long-term disabilities.

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