HEALTH + WELLNESS
Click on the links below to read my health reporting on everything from COVID and peanut allergies to "drunkorexia."
_What's Life Like When You Have Chronic Cancer?
_How Race and Ethnicity Affect Metastatic Breast Cancer Outcomes
_What You Told Us About Medical Gaslighting
_10 Things You Should Know About Afib but Probably Don't
_ Novel Coronavirus: Everything You Need to Know
I've edited and managed the ultimate and award-winning COVID resource since 2020, updating it regularly until early 2025. This condition hub covers everything from transmission and symptom info to the latest research on long COVID, vaccines, boosters, and more.
_Tell Us How You Really Feel About COVID-19
_"I Had COVID-19. Here's What Happened." (Reported in mid-March 2020, very early days of the pandemic.)
_10 Revealing Truths About Chronic Sex
_Work Capitol Hill Like This Blood Clot Survivor (click link for all four installments)
_Meet a True Crohn's Disease Warrior
_Is Your Brain as Identifiable as a Fingerprint?
_Developments in Peanut Allergy Desensitization Therapy (pgs. 25–26)
_Medications, Treatments, and Habits for Migraine
_The Dangers of Sugar Consumption in Kids (pg. 26)
_Why Mediation Apps Are All the Rage (pg. 15)
_Have You Shared Your Bucket List With Your Doctor? (pg. 19)
_The Stigma of Alzheimer's May Prevent Its Cure (pg. 14)
_The Long-Term Health Effects of Toxic Stress in Childhood (pg. 25)
_Is "Drunkorexia" Really a Thing? (pg. 30)
_PTSD in Everyday People (pg. 15)
_Music Therapy for the Mind and Body (pg. 17)
_Depression and Early Death in Women (pg. 13)
_Mental Health Myths (pgs. 14–15)
_The Serious Health Risks of Unemployment
_Do Online Therapy Sites Really Work?
_What Is Coercive Control?
_New Brain Gains in Alzheimer's Research
_Weighty Matters
_Mission to Mars: Keeping Astronauts Healthy (pg. 14)
_Toxic Office = Poor Health
_Health Heroes
_Jamie Oliver's School Lunch Revolution
_Does Your Family's Genetic History Define Your Future Health? (pg. 22)
_Holiday Spoils
_7 Tips for Female Docs Who Also Want to Start a Family
_Your Pet's Health
_Tips for Adopting a Rescue Pet
_First-Ever WebMD Health Heroes (an ongoing editorial franchise)
HEALTHY PARENTING
Click on the links below to read about health issues that are affecting today's kids, from fat-shaming to vaccine needs.
_Why Guns in the Home Should Be a Parent's Biggest Safety Concern
_When Millennial Adults Move Back Home: a Parents' Guide
_New Research Shows Fitter Kids Make Smarter Students
_Sedentary Teens May Just Need More Sleep
_Is Your Teen Up to Date on Important Vaccines?
_Don't Fat-Shame Girls
_The Emotional Challenges Blended Families Face
_Kids: The Collateral Damage of Divorce (pg. 25)
_Kids and "Cutting"
_How to Battle Obesity in Kids
_Toxic Kid Friendships
_Why Your Teen Needs More Sleep
_On the Road With Young Drivers
_Help Your Kids Excel in Sports
_How to Talk to Your Teen
_Is Your Daughter Going Through Early Puberty?
_Guns & Playdates
_More on Guns & Playdates
_Zero Hellfire in My Home
_5 Things to Tell Your "Loser" Kid
_Judy Blume's Books Continue to Inspire Kids
Click on the links below to read my health reporting on everything from COVID and peanut allergies to "drunkorexia."
_What's Life Like When You Have Chronic Cancer?
_How Race and Ethnicity Affect Metastatic Breast Cancer Outcomes
_What You Told Us About Medical Gaslighting
_10 Things You Should Know About Afib but Probably Don't
_ Novel Coronavirus: Everything You Need to Know
I've edited and managed the ultimate and award-winning COVID resource since 2020, updating it regularly until early 2025. This condition hub covers everything from transmission and symptom info to the latest research on long COVID, vaccines, boosters, and more.
_Tell Us How You Really Feel About COVID-19
_"I Had COVID-19. Here's What Happened." (Reported in mid-March 2020, very early days of the pandemic.)
_10 Revealing Truths About Chronic Sex
_Work Capitol Hill Like This Blood Clot Survivor (click link for all four installments)
_Meet a True Crohn's Disease Warrior
_Is Your Brain as Identifiable as a Fingerprint?
_Developments in Peanut Allergy Desensitization Therapy (pgs. 25–26)
_Medications, Treatments, and Habits for Migraine
_The Dangers of Sugar Consumption in Kids (pg. 26)
_Why Mediation Apps Are All the Rage (pg. 15)
_Have You Shared Your Bucket List With Your Doctor? (pg. 19)
_The Stigma of Alzheimer's May Prevent Its Cure (pg. 14)
_The Long-Term Health Effects of Toxic Stress in Childhood (pg. 25)
_Is "Drunkorexia" Really a Thing? (pg. 30)
_PTSD in Everyday People (pg. 15)
_Music Therapy for the Mind and Body (pg. 17)
_Depression and Early Death in Women (pg. 13)
_Mental Health Myths (pgs. 14–15)
_The Serious Health Risks of Unemployment
_Do Online Therapy Sites Really Work?
_What Is Coercive Control?
_New Brain Gains in Alzheimer's Research
_Weighty Matters
_Mission to Mars: Keeping Astronauts Healthy (pg. 14)
_Toxic Office = Poor Health
_Health Heroes
_Jamie Oliver's School Lunch Revolution
_Does Your Family's Genetic History Define Your Future Health? (pg. 22)
_Holiday Spoils
_7 Tips for Female Docs Who Also Want to Start a Family
_Your Pet's Health
_Tips for Adopting a Rescue Pet
_First-Ever WebMD Health Heroes (an ongoing editorial franchise)
HEALTHY PARENTING
Click on the links below to read about health issues that are affecting today's kids, from fat-shaming to vaccine needs.
_Why Guns in the Home Should Be a Parent's Biggest Safety Concern
_When Millennial Adults Move Back Home: a Parents' Guide
_New Research Shows Fitter Kids Make Smarter Students
_Sedentary Teens May Just Need More Sleep
_Is Your Teen Up to Date on Important Vaccines?
_Don't Fat-Shame Girls
_The Emotional Challenges Blended Families Face
_Kids: The Collateral Damage of Divorce (pg. 25)
_Kids and "Cutting"
_How to Battle Obesity in Kids
_Toxic Kid Friendships
_Why Your Teen Needs More Sleep
_On the Road With Young Drivers
_Help Your Kids Excel in Sports
_How to Talk to Your Teen
_Is Your Daughter Going Through Early Puberty?
_Guns & Playdates
_More on Guns & Playdates
_Zero Hellfire in My Home
_5 Things to Tell Your "Loser" Kid
_Judy Blume's Books Continue to Inspire Kids
VIDEO HEALTH CONTENT
Click on the links below for some of my award-winning multimedia work:
_ A Multi-Cultural Guide to Managing Metastatic Breast Cancer (video Q&A)
_ Young & Chronic: Crohn's Edition
_ Young & Chronic: Uterine Fibroids Edition
_The Obesity_Chronic Disease Connection: A Special Report
Click on the links below for some of my award-winning multimedia work:
_ A Multi-Cultural Guide to Managing Metastatic Breast Cancer (video Q&A)
_ Young & Chronic: Crohn's Edition
_ Young & Chronic: Uterine Fibroids Edition
_The Obesity_Chronic Disease Connection: A Special Report
HEALTHY TECH
Click on the links below to read my reporting covering the intersection of digital technology and health.
_Parenting in the AI Age (pgs. 23–24)
_Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: What's on the Horizon? (pg. 19)
_How to Fight Narcissism in a Selfie-Obsessed World (pg. 29)
_Why We Are All Digital Addicts (pg. 14)
_Managing Kids & Online Video Games
_Teens & Tech
_Can Your Kid's Cell Phone Cause Cancer?
_Cyber Safety for Kids
_Why You Should Ban Smartphones at Your Kid's Slumber Party
Click on the links below to read my reporting covering the intersection of digital technology and health.
_Parenting in the AI Age (pgs. 23–24)
_Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: What's on the Horizon? (pg. 19)
_How to Fight Narcissism in a Selfie-Obsessed World (pg. 29)
_Why We Are All Digital Addicts (pg. 14)
_Managing Kids & Online Video Games
_Teens & Tech
_Can Your Kid's Cell Phone Cause Cancer?
_Cyber Safety for Kids
_Why You Should Ban Smartphones at Your Kid's Slumber Party
CELEBRITY HEALTH
The links below represent a short list of the many prominent actors, athletes, comedians, singers, politicians, authors, and even Muppets I've profiled over the years:
ACTORS + DIRECTORS
_Christina Applegate
_Miguel Arteta
_Kevin Bacon
_Annette Bening
_Julie Bowen
_Lorraine Bracco
_Amy Brenneman
_Abigail Breslin
_Ty Burrell
_Kristin Chenoweth
_Toni Collette
_Chris Cooper
_Marcia Cross
_Alan Cumming
_Claire Danes
_Dana Delany
_Cote de Pablo
_Cameron Diaz
_Taye Diggs (WebMD, 2012)
_Taye Diggs (WebMD, 2018)
_Aaron Eckhart
_Carrie Fisher
_Harrison Ford
_Tony Goldwyn
_Lauren Graham
_Adrian Grenier
_Marcia Gay Harden (WebMD, 2015)
_Marcia Gay Harden (WebMD, 2018)
_Neil Patrick Harris
_Katherine Heigl
_Christina Hendricks
_Taraji P. Henson
_Bryce Dallas Howard
_Ashley Judd
_Anna Kendrick
_Diane Lane
_Ang Lee
_Jason Lewis
_Lucy Liu
_Rob Lowe
_Kellan Lutz
_Matthew McConaughey
_Danica McKellar
_Joe Manganiello
_Sonequa Martin-Green
_Debi Mazar
_Audra McDonald
_Stephen Moyer
_Bebe Neuwirth
_Olivia Newton-John (*My first-ever celebrity interview with an icon from my childhood!)
_Chris O'Donnell
_Tyler Perry
_Laura Prepon
_Maggie Q.
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Robert Rodriguez
_Zoe Saldana
_Liev Schreiber
_Reid Scott
_Alicia Silverstone
_Steve-O from Jackass
_Sharon Stone
_Hilary Swank
_Holland Taylor
_Stanley Tucci
_Kerry Washington
_Olivia Wilde
ARTIST
_Takashi Murakami_
ATHLETES
_Andre Agassi
_Jermone Bettis
_Peggy Fleming
_Michelle Kwan
_Martina Navratilova
_Serena Williams
AUTHORS + NEWSPEOPLE
_CNN's Wolf Blitzer
_Amanda de Cadenet
_Katie Couric
_Joan Didion
_Malcolm Gladwell
_Jonathan Gluck
_Lisa Ling
_Frank McCourt
_Soledad O'Brien
_Kelly Ripa
_Curtis Sittenfeld
_Lesley Stahl
COMEDIC HEAVYWEIGHTS
_Roseanne Barr
_Louis Black
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (Brain + Life)
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (WebMD)
_Tiffany Haddish
_Chelsea Handler
_Ken Jeong
_Julia Louis-Dreyfus
_Colin Quinn (link no longer available)
_Chris Rock
_Seth Rogen
_Seth and Lauren Rogen
_Casey Wilson
DANCER
_Julianne Hough
MUPPET
_Kermit the Frog
POLITICIANS + FAMILIES
_Jenna Bush
_Senator Cory Booker
_Ann Romney
REALITY STARS
_Bear Grylss
_Tia and Tamara Mowry
_Wendy Pepper
RENOWNED CHEFS
_Suzanne Goin
_Jamie Oliver (WebMD)
_Jamie Oliver (Washington Flyer)
_Curtis Stone
_Alice Waters_
SINGERS + MUSICIANS
_Sheryl Crow
_Demi Lovato
_Gloria Estefan
_Mayte Garcia
_Jack Johnson
_Alicia Keys
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Alanis Morissette
TALK SHOW HOSTS
_Jimmy Fallon
_Seth Meyers
_Trevor Noah
HEALTHY WORLD
Click on the link below for a special feature on microplastics endangering our oceans:
_Ocean Heroes
The links below represent a short list of the many prominent actors, athletes, comedians, singers, politicians, authors, and even Muppets I've profiled over the years:
ACTORS + DIRECTORS
_Christina Applegate
_Miguel Arteta
_Kevin Bacon
_Annette Bening
_Julie Bowen
_Lorraine Bracco
_Amy Brenneman
_Abigail Breslin
_Ty Burrell
_Kristin Chenoweth
_Toni Collette
_Chris Cooper
_Marcia Cross
_Alan Cumming
_Claire Danes
_Dana Delany
_Cote de Pablo
_Cameron Diaz
_Taye Diggs (WebMD, 2012)
_Taye Diggs (WebMD, 2018)
_Aaron Eckhart
_Carrie Fisher
_Harrison Ford
_Tony Goldwyn
_Lauren Graham
_Adrian Grenier
_Marcia Gay Harden (WebMD, 2015)
_Marcia Gay Harden (WebMD, 2018)
_Neil Patrick Harris
_Katherine Heigl
_Christina Hendricks
_Taraji P. Henson
_Bryce Dallas Howard
_Ashley Judd
_Anna Kendrick
_Diane Lane
_Ang Lee
_Jason Lewis
_Lucy Liu
_Rob Lowe
_Kellan Lutz
_Matthew McConaughey
_Danica McKellar
_Joe Manganiello
_Sonequa Martin-Green
_Debi Mazar
_Audra McDonald
_Stephen Moyer
_Bebe Neuwirth
_Olivia Newton-John (*My first-ever celebrity interview with an icon from my childhood!)
_Chris O'Donnell
_Tyler Perry
_Laura Prepon
_Maggie Q.
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Robert Rodriguez
_Zoe Saldana
_Liev Schreiber
_Reid Scott
_Alicia Silverstone
_Steve-O from Jackass
_Sharon Stone
_Hilary Swank
_Holland Taylor
_Stanley Tucci
_Kerry Washington
_Olivia Wilde
ARTIST
_Takashi Murakami_
ATHLETES
_Andre Agassi
_Jermone Bettis
_Peggy Fleming
_Michelle Kwan
_Martina Navratilova
_Serena Williams
AUTHORS + NEWSPEOPLE
_CNN's Wolf Blitzer
_Amanda de Cadenet
_Katie Couric
_Joan Didion
_Malcolm Gladwell
_Jonathan Gluck
_Lisa Ling
_Frank McCourt
_Soledad O'Brien
_Kelly Ripa
_Curtis Sittenfeld
_Lesley Stahl
COMEDIC HEAVYWEIGHTS
_Roseanne Barr
_Louis Black
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (Brain + Life)
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (WebMD)
_Tiffany Haddish
_Chelsea Handler
_Ken Jeong
_Julia Louis-Dreyfus
_Colin Quinn (link no longer available)
_Chris Rock
_Seth Rogen
_Seth and Lauren Rogen
_Casey Wilson
DANCER
_Julianne Hough
MUPPET
_Kermit the Frog
POLITICIANS + FAMILIES
_Jenna Bush
_Senator Cory Booker
_Ann Romney
REALITY STARS
_Bear Grylss
_Tia and Tamara Mowry
_Wendy Pepper
RENOWNED CHEFS
_Suzanne Goin
_Jamie Oliver (WebMD)
_Jamie Oliver (Washington Flyer)
_Curtis Stone
_Alice Waters_
SINGERS + MUSICIANS
_Sheryl Crow
_Demi Lovato
_Gloria Estefan
_Mayte Garcia
_Jack Johnson
_Alicia Keys
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Alanis Morissette
TALK SHOW HOSTS
_Jimmy Fallon
_Seth Meyers
_Trevor Noah
HEALTHY WORLD
Click on the link below for a special feature on microplastics endangering our oceans:
_Ocean Heroes