Health & Beauty Features
Attention Ex-smokers
If you qualify, lung-cancer screening may spot problems early, when chances for a cure are best.
The Place for Kidney Transplants
Leading the Northeast, Saint Barnabas Medical Center performed 301 of these procedures last year.
A Better Heart-Valve Fix
The minimally invasive procedure called TAVR gets patients feeling chipper faster.
Two New ORs
The medical center adds cutting-edge facilities to increase surgical capacity by 20 percent and accommodate tomorrow’s technology.
A New Era Begins
The merger between Barnabas Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Health System forms New Jersey’s most comprehensive health care system.
Health News: Needling Pain
Find relief from neck pain and more health updates.
Health News: Go Ahead, Cry!
See how crying is good for you and more health updates.
Your Fresh Start
5 tips to feel better and be better in “sweet ’16.”
Make Me a Matcha
This green tea is becoming a popular pick-me-up for the hip, healthy set.
Know Your Heart!
Take this true-false quiz to find out how ticker-savvy you are.
Your Fresh Start
5 tips to feel better and be better in “sweet ’16.”
Make Me a Matcha
This green tea is becoming a popular pick-me-up for the hip, healthy set.
Health News: Steep to Skip Cancer
Is it teatime yet?
Surprising Sorghum
This gluten-free grain is full of nutritional benefits—and it pops!
Dietitian's Diary
A Bergen nutrition educator lets us peek over her shoulder—and learn.
Tie the Knot
Move over, messy bun. it’s the top knot’s time to shine.
Guard Young Hearts
Tenafly parents now have a way to protect their student-athletes.
Health News: In the Blink of an Eye
If you’re staring at a screen all day, be sure to take blink breaks.
Investing in Health Care's Future
A businessman pledges time and money to a hospital building project—and challenges others to do the same.
To Restore the Beat
Thanks to a new treatment for 'afib'—an irregular heartbeat—a Totowa man is back to his busy life.
Childbirth the Natural Way
A new birthing suite offers many moms-to-be the home-like setting they seek.
Smartening Up for Surgery
When patients need a colorectal procedure, a special program now prepares them. Results? Fewer complications and a faster recovery.
