Morris/Essex Health & Life

Back to Nature

Bring the beauty of the outdoors inside with these stylish accessories.

Best Personal Services

The best providers of personal services in Morris & Essex counties according to your votes in our 2014 Readers' Choice Awards.

Northern Lights

Just a few hours away, Quebec City shines with Gallic charm all winter long.

Get Your Dream Home This Spring

Learn about some of the home renovation options waiting for you this spring in this sponsored article from Global Home Improvement.

New Year Re-boot

This is the year you shed the weight, the baggage, the excuses. The trick to a fresh start? Thinking in new ways.

Out of the Frying Pan

No, we’re not really frying. We’re searing, sautéing and poaching three delicious main courses.

For Love of Amarone

Thanks to an impassioned vintner’s update, this wine is no longer just for dessert

Happy Spending

Money can’t buy bliss, but the choices you make about spending and saving can fuel your sense of fulfillment.

Calming a Tremor

For some who suffer from this problem, surgery offers dramatic relief.

Go Nuts for Pistachios

Can’t say no to this addictive natural snack? Relax—it’s a healthy temptation! This snack food is chock full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and protein. You can feel just fine about indulging!

Master Strokes

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one American dies from stroke every four minutes. Thanks to medical and surgical advances however, more patients are surviving 'brain attacks' and regaining good health.

New Year, New You?

With a realistic approach, you can be trimmer and healthier in 2015. Deanna Schweighardt, outpatient dietitian at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, shares her three-steps towards a new you for the new year.

Sending In The Clowns

Being in the hospital is no laughing matter—especially for a child. But the sound of young laughter can be heard in the halls of Saint Barnabas Medical Center—when the “clown doctors” come in.

Fly with Confidence

We all have our annoyances with airline travel, but if people have chronic breathing disorders, flying can actually be dangerous to their health. A breathing test can clear you for save air travel, even if you have a lung condition.

Hope for Fighting Dementia

What’s your biggest worry When it comes to future health? For many adults, it is the loss of cognitive and physical function that comes with dementia. Though there's still no cure, medications now in trails may bring much-improved treatments.