Health & Beauty Features
POWER LUNCH
COMMUNITY SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS AT ANNUAL EVENT WHILE SUPPORTING AND RAISING FUNDS FOR CANCER CARE PROGRAMS.
Finding a New Treatment for High Blood Pressure
Saint Barnabas Medical Center is part of a global study on an innovative approach to hypertension care.
With Stroke, Time is of the Essence
Getting treatment at a comprehensive stroke center increases the odds of a full recovery.
A Rare Skin Cancer is on the Rise
Merkel cell carcinoma is increasingly common and very aggressive, and requires a comprehensive treatment approach.
Fast Action Saves a Life
She wasn't a classic heart-attack candidate, but fortunately, when symptoms struck, she didn't delay.
Radiation Without Fear
A new technology makes cancer treatment faster, quieter and more comfortable.
Getting Better Gets Easier
Satellite Rehabilitation Centers (SBMC) offers patients the specialized care they need to resume an active life after surgery, injury or illness.
Welcome on Board
New members of the board of trustees of Saint Barnabas Medical Center bring experience in three key fields.
The #1 Danger to Women
For females, heart disease has familiar risk factors—but sometimes different symptoms.
Colorectal Cancer: Why Screening Counts
This potentially deadly disease can be thwarted with regular screenings. The proof is in the numbers.
In Good Health
Events at the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Foundation
Better Health After 40
A family physician explains the regular screenings that can protect you.
Preventing Burns
A doctor gives advice on how to keep safe this winter.
Primate Change book contest
Win a copy of Primate Change, in the book author Vybarr Cregan-Reid writes about our ever-speeding evolutionary clock, and if there is anything we can do to turn it back just a little.
Adaptogens book contest
Win a copy of "Adaptogens" where author Paula Grainger wants to introduce you to an all-natural way of restoring calm.
Better Breast Cancer
3 things to know about the treatment of a key cancer.
Down to the Bedside
Nurses excel at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, as its new magnet hospital designation shows.
Taking Time for MS Patients
Today's multiple sclerosis treatment benefits from new medications, new technology —and an old virtue called patience.
Lay it on Thick
Don't call blackstrap molasses the new apple cider vinegar–people have been singing the praises of this healthful syrup for decades.
New Treatments for Skin and Breast Cancer
Advances in technology at Monmouth Medical Center make radiation safer and more effective.
