Health & Beauty Features

Can A Little Dirt Hurt?

For two years now we’ve had good reason to be germophobes. But our kids can’t live in a bubble—nor should they.

The Peerless Pear

Homer called this familiar fruit ‘the gift of the gods.’ Apparently the deities knew their nutrition.

Grace Under Fire

Sharmine Brassington, MMC’s Director of Emergency Services, earns high praise for her leadership throughout the pandemic.

Head of the Class

The Leapfrog Group names Monmouth Medical Center one of the country’s top teaching hospitals.

Welcome Aboard

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center extends a warm welcome to the newest member of the Board of Trustees: a businessman, hospital administrator...and former CBMC patient.

Studies of the Future

Clinical trials for breast cancer at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center help to individualize each patient’s treatment plan and establish new standards of care.

A Powerful Partnership

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and ENT and Allergy Associates partner to provide patients across the region enhanced access to ear, nose, throat, allergy and audiology care.

Trust Us With Your Heart

February is American Heart Month. Learn more about the importance of the mitral valve and surgical interventions that will alleviate any mitral valve-related disease from a top cardiothoracic surgeon at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.

Fix a Heart

62-year-old Gregory Morgan is better than ever and back to his regular routine after a life-saving aortic aneurysm surgery at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.

100 Million Reasons

In recognition of the Cooperman family for their $100 million donation, Saint Barnabas Medical Center has been renamed to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.

A Center for Cutting-Edge Care

The Medical Center’s new Infusion Center Annex meets the growing needs of infusion patients being treated for multiple sclerosis, cancer and more.

A Helping Hand

An orthopedic surgeon at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center discusses common upper extremity injuries and how to keep safe.

Welcome to the Family

Two Short Hills businessmen—and fathers of three—bring their decades of business acumen to the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Board of Trustees.

Better Together

Thanks to her multidisciplinary medical team at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, 36-year-old Carol Patel is free of breast cancer and looking forward to the future with her husband, also a young cancer survivor.

A New Chief

Interventional cardiologist Bruce Haik, M.D., a 20-year veteran of Saint Barnabas Medical Center, discusses his new role as chief of cardiology and director of the cardiac catheterization lab.

Don’t Shoulder the Pain

Two sports medicine/orthopedic surgeons from SBMC explain how to get relief from rotator cuff injuries and discuss muscle and joint issues that present in youth athletes.

Pretty in Pink

Planning is underway for Saint Barnabas Medical Center’s Pink Crusade Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign this fall.

Good Outlook, Great Outcome

Thanks to the treatment and care from the multidisciplinary gynecologic cancer team at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, 33-year-old Tanya Galayda is now cancer free and looking to start a family in the future.

Showing Their Support

Two generous, recent donations from The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey ensure the safety of staff and patients at Saint Barnabas Medical Center—during the pandemic and beyond.

Third Time’s the Charm

A 71-year-old diabetic and hep C patient who underwent a trio of surgeries at SBMC has a new lease on life thanks to the multi-disciplinary team at The Liver Center.