Saint Barnabas’ transformed radiation oncology department now offers a more soothing atmosphere “to make the environment as peaceful as possible, to minimize the ‘hospital’ feeling and help the patient feel treated in a more holistic way,”
A law intended to inform women, which requires they be told when mammograms show dense breast tissue, has confused many instead. Here's what you need to know:
Some women are “100 percent convinced” they’ll get breast cancer. Others are confident they won’t. In reality, says the M. Michele Blackwood M.D., neither group can be sure.
The baby was in trouble, but it wasn’t clear why. Luckily Tyler's parents made the right call—sending him to the Emergency Department at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
You say you’ve discovered The varied delights of fennel? Don’t be too smug—Greek and Roman health practitioners beat you to it by more than two millennia. This aromatic herb is a cancer fighter... and an antidote to humdrum menus.
Patients in the Florham Park and
Morristown areas have long had access to Barnabas Health. What they haven’t had is a strong local network of Barnabas Health-affiliated primary care physicians—until now
In the past decade, there has been an alarming increase in cases of liver disease including liver cancer. This menace is on the rise, but treatments are better than ever.
The cherry's got it all: handy size, pert round shape, ruby-red hue and a flavor so beloved it’s borrowed by everything from cola to cough drops. Not to mention health benefits galore.
Sometimes certain ethnic groups face particular health conditions. Heightened awareness-and screening- can help combat this scourge of the Asian community.
Lauren Hirschmann, 13, is a typical teen. You’d never know that when she was born, she spent 96 days in Saint Barnabas Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), fighting for her life.
The cherry's got it all: handy size, pert round shape, ruby-red hue and a flavor so beloved it’s borrowed by everything from cola to cough drops. Not to mention health benefits galore.
There's nothing more frightening to a parent than a child who appears to be severely ill or injured. This list of ER-worthy situations can help decide when a sick or injured child needs immediate care.
Children are the center of
both the professional and personal lives of Anna Marie O’Neill, M.D., an ob/gyn and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Saint Peter’s University hospital.
Low-dose CT screening often finds the disease early, when treatment has its best chance to save a life. Learn your risk and find out more about Saint Peter's new screening and treatment programs.
To dine in Spain's capital is to dive into a wonderland of foods and flavors. You need to visit its wonderfully civilized capital. And if you’re smart, you’ll arrive hungry: your favorite Madrid Meal may be in a place you discover for yourself.
