Have a festive recipe or story you want to share? Let us know and you may be featured in the upcoming Holiday issue of Bergen Health and Life magazine!
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.
Have you checked your credit score lately? This numerical rating can determine whether or not you’ll be approved for a loan or mortgage and what interest rate you’ll pay. Here are 5 ways to make sure it's a good one.
Have you checked your credit score lately? This numerical rating can determine whether or not you’ll be approved for a loan or mortgage and what interest rate you’ll pay. Here are 5 ways to make sure it's a good one.
Moms and dads: Think your bundle of joy is the most adorable in Bergen County? Enter the Cutest Baby contest for a chance to have your baby featured in Health & Life!
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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.
If you're reluctant to try your hand at pickling because you think it's too complicated, fear not! This time recipe will get your started-and it could make you the start of the next family cookout.
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.
Do you want to see your kids in Health & Life? With Halloween a few months away, we’d like you to share your favorite photos of the kids in costume to be featured in our October issue!
On Ocean Drive in South Beach, a strip known worldwide for its concentration of art deco hotels, The Betsy stands out as a different kind of grande dame.
American craft distillers are pioneering some delicious variations on the classic botanical spirit. This summer, ditch the tonic, which would overpower the delicate flavors, and add fresh fruit or herbs to your glass.
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.
When it comes to liquid refreshment, there's no reason you own deck or patio should't rival the finest pub or restaurant. Let one of these refreshing seasonal cocktails be your well-earen reward at day's end.
