RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital Spine Center recently announced the appointment of board-certified neurosurgeon Dr. Alfred T. Ogden as Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Dr. Ogden has been a member of the Valley medical staff since 2008 and focuses almost exclusively on performing minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery. MIS surgery is performed through small diameter ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A recent article in The New York Times cited two studies from The Journal of the American Medical Association that found that fewer men are being screened for prostate cancer, and fewer early-stage cases are being detected. The number of cases has dropped not because the disease is becoming less common, according to the article, but because there is less effort to ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Valley Medical Group has welcomed board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. David M. Benderson as part of its comprehensive medical and surgical eye care unit.Dr. Benderson is highly skilled in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of ocular diseases and disorders and has extensive experience performing cataract surgery. In fact, he and his former partner were the first ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.Valley was recognized for exemplary clinical performance in the following areas: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, stroke, and perinatal care. These recognitions ...

RIDGEWOOD, NJ. -- Treating the whole person, not just symptoms, is the goal of Valley Medical Group’s new Center for Integrative Medicine. Director Jodie Katz focuses on combining all appropriate modalities to promote balance in mind, body and spirit. Dr. Katz answered some questions about the new Center and the practice of integrative medicine:Q: What is integrative medicine?A: ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital welcomed Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz as the inaugural speaker for its new Women and Heart Disease lecture series, a part of the hospital's Heart Care for Women Program.Dr. Merz is a thought leader in the field of women and heart disease. Her talk focused on nonobstructive coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure with preserved ejection ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- As part of an innovative program aimed at reducing unnecessary emergency room visits and hospital stays, Valley paramedics, EMT and care nurses have begun providing home visits to recently discharged patients diagnosed with cardiopulmonary disease.“Patients with cardiopulmonary disease, particularly those with congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- For a variety of reasons, many women choose to postpone childbearing until they are in their 30s or even 40s. But the difficult truth is that the biological clock waits for no one, and fertility declines with age. Increasingly, young women are turning to a procedure that allows them to freeze their eggs while they are fertile and store them until a pregnancy is ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- It's usually good to be back, except when that 'back' refers to a hospital visit. Unfortunately, almost a quarter of all heart failure patients nationwide who have been admitted to a hospital require readmission within 30 days of discharge.This stark statistic illustrates the ongoing battle to manage this chronic disease. At Valley Hospital's heart failure program, ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- We often think of heartburn as an old man's problem. However, if your child tends to have frequent stomach troubles, it could be a sign of pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD. GERD occurs when stomach contents travel back up into the esophagus during or after a meal. Reflux is common in babies: more than half of all infants experience the ...