A stipend will be offered to those who participate in the study. The Women s Wellness Center in Newark is offering a comprehensive breast and cervical cancer screening program for 500 women over age 50 who live in Essex County. Services include Pap tests, mammograms and breast self-exam teaching. To be eligible, a woman must be at least 50 years old, reside in Essex county, meet income eligibility guidelines and have limited or no health insurance. House calls are made to single locations such as apartment buildings, churches or senior centers for groups of 15 or more women who qualify.
Portable mammography is available to provide service on site.
The goal of the project is to remove financial barriers that may prevent indigent patients from seeking help losing weight. To be eligible, volunteers must be 19 years or older, at least 80 pounds overweight and referred by their primary care physician or clinic. Services will be provided at no cost to recipients of Medicaid, City welfare or those whose family income is at the federal poverty level. The program, funded by the Beth Health Foundation in Roseland, is accepting applications at the Doctors Office Center on the Newark Campus. The focus of the studies is to develop new treatment options and drugs, as well as preventive and diagnostic techniques to fight the disease.