Health & Wellness

Immunizations are just as important for adults as they are for children. Each year, 30,000 Americans die of vaccine-preventable diseases, and 95 percent of those who die are adults.

New patients in this region of the country could wait close to four weeks for a routine physical, according to a national report on physician appointment wait times.

A statewide survey of registered nurses in New Jersey found understaffing is a common problem in the state's hospitals and health care workplaces.

A new report from the American Lung Association on the tobacco battle gives New Jersey mixed grades.

As you dig yourself out of the latest winter storm, be careful to avoid many of the common injuries that pack emergency rooms this time of year.

Each year, as many as 8 percent of women in New Jersey will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. Nationally, that number is more than 12,000. January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month and experts are urging women to take the necessary steps to prevent the disease.

Supporters of a health-related bill in the New Jersey Legislature are upset with its absence from recent committee hearings. The measure would allegedly save lives and taxpayer dollars at the same time.

With people inside more often and in closer contact, catching a cold or the flu is more common and some symptoms are similar.

No one is laughing in Lacey Township, or at the Ocean County Health Department, after a recent headline and online news article launched a flurry of concerns.

The death rates for cancer have dropped significantly in the past two decades according to a new study from the American Cancer Society, largely on the backs of new research, better treatment and a more informed and health conscious public.