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Meal Prep Made Simple: Easy Tips to Plan Healthier Meals (With Recipe)
Learn how meal prepping can save time, money and stress with simple planning tips. Plus, get an easy overnight oats recipe for a healthy breakfast all week long.
The Morning Habit That Might Be Making You Crash
Could your morning coffee be making you more tired? Learn when to drink coffee, what to eat first and how to avoid the mid-morning energy crash.
Combating Recall Fatigue: A Sanity-Saving Guide to Food Safety
Constant food recall alerts can leave parents feeling overwhelmed. Our pediatric infectious disease expert breaks down the three recall classes, how to assess your family’s risk, and simple steps to keep your family safe.

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What You Need to Know About the New Executive Order on Childhood Vaccines
A new executive order is aimed at overhauling the current childhood vaccine schedule by reducing the number of vaccines necessary, spacing them out and even reformulating certain immunizations. Our expert answers your questions and provides guidance on what you need to know about childhood vaccines.
Skip the ER: 10 Health Issues Urgent Care Can Treat
Wondering what urgent care can treat? An HMH expert breaks down 10 common health issues — from strep to sprains — you can take to urgent care instead of the ER.
Could Your Symptoms Be Perimenopause? Take the Quiz
Wondering if your symptoms could be perimenopause? Take this quick quiz to find out if irregular periods, mood swings or brain fog could be early signs.
Patient Perspectives
Maureen D. sits on a park bench looking off into the distance.
Routine Colonoscopy Catches Precancerous Colon Polyp
A routine colonoscopy found a precancerous colon polyp. How Maureen DeCarlo caught it early, had robotic surgery and recovered in days at Jersey Shore.
Mary Barbera, 56, smiles 10 years after an ovarian cancer diagnosis.
10 Years After Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer, This Little Ferry, NJ Woman Is Thriving
Ten years after a stage 3C ovarian cancer diagnosis, Mary Barbera is cancer-free and mentoring others. Her HMH surgeon shares what made the difference.
Jackie Ffrench, 59, of Fair Haven, NJ, smiles at the camera.
A Heart’s Unfolding Story: Jackie’s Journey of Resilience and Discovery
Jackie thought she was handling her stress well – until she woke up 10 days later in the hospital. Read her incredible story of strength and how a team of experts saved her life.
55-year-old Glen Rock resident, Steve Bermack, jogs down a cement path.
Glen Rock, NJ Man Has Cervical Fusion Surgery, Home by Dinner
After a ski accident left him with 20 broken bones, Steve Bermack had cervical fusion surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health and was home by dinner.