Morris/Essex Health & Life

Sweet Sensations

Tap your meal with one of these delicious Middle Eastern desserts—because the entrée shouldn't be the only course with flavors to savor.

A Call to Arms

Chester native and former Major League CY Young Award Winner Rick Porcello stays grounded even after racking up accolades and finishing a historic season with the Boston Red Sox.

Game On!

A long-awaited redesign turns a basement into entertainment central.

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.

Gatherings

See photos from recent events in and around the counties.

Keep Your Cool

If the mercury rises, don't sweat it. You'll be on trend in this end-of-summer look.

5 Hot Sports

Move over football, basketball and baseball. High school athletes are scoring points in these fast-growing alternatives.

6 Back-to-School Tips

When you kid returns to the classroom this fall, here's your homework: keep them healthy!

Beating the Odds

Surviving three bouts of ovarian cancer is almost unheard of, but that's what this West Orange grandmother did.

Two Healthy Girls!

These twins were treated in the neonatal intensive care unit. Their mom tells her story.

Cancer Fighter

A radiation oncologist applies his field's cutting-edge technologies - when they're right for the patient.