ADVISORY/State of the Art Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Center Opens in New Jersey.

    Medical and Health Editors
    ADVISORY...for Thursday (Nov. 9)

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WHAT: St. Joseph's Children's Hospital will conduct a ribbon cutting
    ceremony to celebrate the opening of their state of the art Center
    for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders. The center will
    provide assessment and treatment for complex feeding and
    swallowing problems by a team of health professionals with years
    of combined pediatric experience. The center will be the first of
    its kind in New Jersey and one of the few to provide such services
    on the East Coast.

WHEN: November 9, 2000 at 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center
       100 Hospital Plaza
       Paterson, NJ 07503

WHY: Feeding and swallowing disorders affect nearly 25 percent of all
    newborns and children, and up to 80 percent of children with
    developmental disabilities. Feeding and swallowing disorders can
    occur for a variety of reasons including food aversion, prolonged
    subsistence on one food, premature births, gastrointestinal
    disorders, cerebral palsy, fatigue, environmental issues, food
    allergies and birth defects or genetic disorders. As a result,
    children often experience an aversion to oral feeding. Over time,
    these children may loose the oral skills necessary to eat or
    transition to the next stage of feeding. Still others may have
    behavioral problems that result in peculiar feeding patterns that
    cannot be maintained at school or daycare centers.

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    CONTACT: St. Joseph's Hospital
             Michael Heller, 973/754-4501
             [e-mail]

    KEYWORD: NEW JERSEY
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BIOTECHNOLOGY MEDICAL MEDICAL DEVICES
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