Celebrity Health
Some of the many prominent actors, comedians, singers, authors, and politicians I've interviewed over the years, including Chris Rock and Malcolm Gladwell (pictured above).
_Kristin Chenoweth
_Jonathan Gluck
_Bear Grylss
_Mayte Garcia
_Malcolm Gladwell
_Trevor Noah
_Gloria Estefan
_Ann Romney
_Taye Diggs
_Tiffany Haddish
_Lesley Stahl
_Annette Bening
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Sharon Stone
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (BRAIN & LIFE)
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (WEBMD)
_Jack Johnson & 13
Inspiring Ocean Heroes
_Zoe Saldana
_Seth Meyers
_Seth Rogen and
Lauren Miller Rogen
_Curtis Stone
_Cameron Diaz
_Adrian Grenier
_Neil Patrick Harris
_Laura Prepon
_Joe Manganiello
_Chelsea Handler
_Matthew McConaughey
_Jimmy Fallon
_Chris Rock
_Hilary Swank
_Demi Lovato
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Jenna Bush
_Rob Lowe
_Seth Rogen
_Roseanne Barr
_Kerry Washington
_Abigail Breslin
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Maggie Q.
_Lucy Liu
_Ty Burrell
_Kermit the Frog
_Christina Applegate
_Anna Kendrick
_Reid Scott
_Alicia Keys
_Claire Danes
_Debi Mazar
_Chris O'Donnell
_Julie Bowen
_Taraji P. Henson
_Alanis Morissette
_Carrie Fisher
_Harrison Ford
_Kellan Lutz
_Ang Lee
_Stanley Tucci
_Sheryl Crow
_Lisa Ling
_Julia Louis-Dreyfus
_Joan Didion
_Serena Williams
_Liev Schreiber
_Alicia Silverstone
_Julianne Hough
_Kelly Ripa
_Katherine Heigl
_Amanda de Cadenet
_Jamie Oliver (WebMD)
_Jamie Oliver (Wash. Flyer)
_Tyler Perry
_Taye Diggs
_Lauren Graham
_Tony Goldwyn
_Curtis Sittenfeld
_Stephen Moyer
_Ashley Judd
_Soledad O'Brien
_Marcia Cross
_Andre Agassi
_Martina Navratilova
_Christina Hendricks
_Louis Black
_Aaron Eckhart
_Amy Brenneman
_Dana Delany
_Cote de Pablo
_Danica McKellar
_Casey Wilson
_Torchwood: Miracle Day
_Tia and Tamara Mowry
_Sonequa Martin-Green
_CNN's Wolf Blitzer
_Olivia Wilde
The Environment
Read about our endangered oceans and marine life—and how the hero scientists and activists I've interviewed are working to save them.
_The "Genius" Landscape Architect Who Is Redesigning Coastlines
_Researchers Who Measure Plastic Waste in Our Oceans Sound the Alarm
_Why We Must Save the Whales—to Breathe
_Meet Hillary Hauser, Citizen Advocate Behind Heal the Ocean
_The Two Teens Who Took On Plastic Bags—and Won
_This Actor Used to Suck—and He Wants You to Stop Sucking, too, for a #Strawless Ocean
_The Wayfinding Wonder Who Sailed Around the Globe to Teach Us About Caring for Planet Earth
_Two Cousteaus Who Advance Jacques' Legacy
_This Hawaiian Chef Is Leading the Sustainable Food Movement
_Meet the Researcher Behind The Bahamas Plastic Movement
_This Singer-Songwriter Wants You to Fall in Love With the Sea
Health & Wellness
Click on the links below to read my health reporting on everything from COVID and peanut allergies to "drunkorexia."
_ I've edited and managed the ultimate COVID resource since summer 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.
_Jonathan Gluck's 20-Year Cancer Battle
_What You Told Us About Medical Gaslighting
_10 Things You Should Know About Afib but Probably Don't
_A Leading Breast Cancer Doc Talks Health Disparities in Women of Color
_10 Revealing Truths About Chronic Sex
_Work Capitol Hill Like This Blood Clot Survivor (click link for all four installments)
_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.)
_Helping Kids Cope With MS
_Meet a True Crohn's Disease Warrior
_Q&A With a Pediatric MS Nurse WHo Runs a Special Summer Camp
_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
_Sedentary Teens May Just Need More Sleep
_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
_New Research Shows Fitter Kids Make Smarter Students
_Health Heroes
_Jamie Oliver's School Lunch Revolution
_Does Your Family's Genetic History Define Your Future Health? (pg. 22)
_Taking a Shot at
Anti-Vax Beliefs
_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)
Immersive Health
Click on the links below for my multimedia work, some of it award-winning:
_ 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're 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
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
_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
Healthy Lifestyle
Click on the links below for travel stories, dog tales, and more.
_Ocean Heroes
_Have You Seen My Dog?
_Ruby: The Rest of the Story
_How to Love a Dog Without Losing Your Heart
_The Great Escape: Traveling With Little Kids
_New Kids On the Block
_Three Cities for a Song
_How "Reality Bites" Accurately Predicted the Future of Gen X
_Sample Washington Flyer cover: Leonardo DiCaprio, whom I booked as EIC for first-ever "Green" Issue
Musings & More
Click on the links below for my political rants, pop culture takedowns, mommy blog posts, and more.
_Dear Madonna: We Aren't Ageist—You Are
_How the Band Haim
Rocked My World
_Facing Aging With
(Tough) Love
_On Mothers & Daughters
_It's Your Daughter's Turn
_Better Late (A Lesson From My Long-Lost Father)
_The Death of Sexy?
_The Women of "Mad Men"
Are the Characters We'll Most Miss
_Why TV Land's "Younger" Is a #MissedOpportunity
_6 Pithy Parental Comebacks I Learned From My Mother
_The Anti-Betty Draper Letter to My Girls
_Don Draper Did Do Coke
_The Day My Daughter's Lovey Went Missing
_Are You A Myers-Briggs School Mom?
_11 Books & Films That Make Us Bawl Like Little Babies
_That Stranger Danger
Video Is Short on Facts
_Loving Tips for Grieving
the Family Pet
_Lockdown Drills Are the Least We Can Do to Protect Our Kids
_Joan Rivers: Mother
of Invention
_In Defense of Helicopter Parents
_What If You Knew What Your Spouse Would Look
Like in 60 Years?
_Yes.
_Portrait of a Woman
_Your Real Best Friend
_My collected writing for The Mid, now merged into Scary Mommy
Travel Guide
_Author of Frommer's
WASHINGTON, D.C. DAY BY DAY (2007)
CV
_My professional experience
Some of the many prominent actors, comedians, singers, authors, and politicians I've interviewed over the years, including Chris Rock and Malcolm Gladwell (pictured above).
_Kristin Chenoweth
_Jonathan Gluck
_Bear Grylss
_Mayte Garcia
_Malcolm Gladwell
_Trevor Noah
_Gloria Estefan
_Ann Romney
_Taye Diggs
_Tiffany Haddish
_Lesley Stahl
_Annette Bening
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Sharon Stone
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (BRAIN & LIFE)
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (WEBMD)
_Jack Johnson & 13
Inspiring Ocean Heroes
_Zoe Saldana
_Seth Meyers
_Seth Rogen and
Lauren Miller Rogen
_Curtis Stone
_Cameron Diaz
_Adrian Grenier
_Neil Patrick Harris
_Laura Prepon
_Joe Manganiello
_Chelsea Handler
_Matthew McConaughey
_Jimmy Fallon
_Chris Rock
_Hilary Swank
_Demi Lovato
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Jenna Bush
_Rob Lowe
_Seth Rogen
_Roseanne Barr
_Kerry Washington
_Abigail Breslin
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Maggie Q.
_Lucy Liu
_Ty Burrell
_Kermit the Frog
_Christina Applegate
_Anna Kendrick
_Reid Scott
_Alicia Keys
_Claire Danes
_Debi Mazar
_Chris O'Donnell
_Julie Bowen
_Taraji P. Henson
_Alanis Morissette
_Carrie Fisher
_Harrison Ford
_Kellan Lutz
_Ang Lee
_Stanley Tucci
_Sheryl Crow
_Lisa Ling
_Julia Louis-Dreyfus
_Joan Didion
_Serena Williams
_Liev Schreiber
_Alicia Silverstone
_Julianne Hough
_Kelly Ripa
_Katherine Heigl
_Amanda de Cadenet
_Jamie Oliver (WebMD)
_Jamie Oliver (Wash. Flyer)
_Tyler Perry
_Taye Diggs
_Lauren Graham
_Tony Goldwyn
_Curtis Sittenfeld
_Stephen Moyer
_Ashley Judd
_Soledad O'Brien
_Marcia Cross
_Andre Agassi
_Martina Navratilova
_Christina Hendricks
_Louis Black
_Aaron Eckhart
_Amy Brenneman
_Dana Delany
_Cote de Pablo
_Danica McKellar
_Casey Wilson
_Torchwood: Miracle Day
_Tia and Tamara Mowry
_Sonequa Martin-Green
_CNN's Wolf Blitzer
_Olivia Wilde
The Environment
Read about our endangered oceans and marine life—and how the hero scientists and activists I've interviewed are working to save them.
_The "Genius" Landscape Architect Who Is Redesigning Coastlines
_Researchers Who Measure Plastic Waste in Our Oceans Sound the Alarm
_Why We Must Save the Whales—to Breathe
_Meet Hillary Hauser, Citizen Advocate Behind Heal the Ocean
_The Two Teens Who Took On Plastic Bags—and Won
_This Actor Used to Suck—and He Wants You to Stop Sucking, too, for a #Strawless Ocean
_The Wayfinding Wonder Who Sailed Around the Globe to Teach Us About Caring for Planet Earth
_Two Cousteaus Who Advance Jacques' Legacy
_This Hawaiian Chef Is Leading the Sustainable Food Movement
_Meet the Researcher Behind The Bahamas Plastic Movement
_This Singer-Songwriter Wants You to Fall in Love With the Sea
Health & Wellness
Click on the links below to read my health reporting on everything from COVID and peanut allergies to "drunkorexia."
_ I've edited and managed the ultimate COVID resource since summer 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.
_Jonathan Gluck's 20-Year Cancer Battle
_What You Told Us About Medical Gaslighting
_10 Things You Should Know About Afib but Probably Don't
_A Leading Breast Cancer Doc Talks Health Disparities in Women of Color
_10 Revealing Truths About Chronic Sex
_Work Capitol Hill Like This Blood Clot Survivor (click link for all four installments)
_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.)
_Helping Kids Cope With MS
_Meet a True Crohn's Disease Warrior
_Q&A With a Pediatric MS Nurse WHo Runs a Special Summer Camp
_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
_Sedentary Teens May Just Need More Sleep
_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
_New Research Shows Fitter Kids Make Smarter Students
_Health Heroes
_Jamie Oliver's School Lunch Revolution
_Does Your Family's Genetic History Define Your Future Health? (pg. 22)
_Taking a Shot at
Anti-Vax Beliefs
_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)
Immersive Health
Click on the links below for my multimedia work, some of it award-winning:
_ 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're 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
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
_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
Healthy Lifestyle
Click on the links below for travel stories, dog tales, and more.
_Ocean Heroes
_Have You Seen My Dog?
_Ruby: The Rest of the Story
_How to Love a Dog Without Losing Your Heart
_The Great Escape: Traveling With Little Kids
_New Kids On the Block
_Three Cities for a Song
_How "Reality Bites" Accurately Predicted the Future of Gen X
_Sample Washington Flyer cover: Leonardo DiCaprio, whom I booked as EIC for first-ever "Green" Issue
Musings & More
Click on the links below for my political rants, pop culture takedowns, mommy blog posts, and more.
_Dear Madonna: We Aren't Ageist—You Are
_How the Band Haim
Rocked My World
_Facing Aging With
(Tough) Love
_On Mothers & Daughters
_It's Your Daughter's Turn
_Better Late (A Lesson From My Long-Lost Father)
_The Death of Sexy?
_The Women of "Mad Men"
Are the Characters We'll Most Miss
_Why TV Land's "Younger" Is a #MissedOpportunity
_6 Pithy Parental Comebacks I Learned From My Mother
_The Anti-Betty Draper Letter to My Girls
_Don Draper Did Do Coke
_The Day My Daughter's Lovey Went Missing
_Are You A Myers-Briggs School Mom?
_11 Books & Films That Make Us Bawl Like Little Babies
_That Stranger Danger
Video Is Short on Facts
_Loving Tips for Grieving
the Family Pet
_Lockdown Drills Are the Least We Can Do to Protect Our Kids
_Joan Rivers: Mother
of Invention
_In Defense of Helicopter Parents
_What If You Knew What Your Spouse Would Look
Like in 60 Years?
_Yes.
_Portrait of a Woman
_Your Real Best Friend
_My collected writing for The Mid, now merged into Scary Mommy
Travel Guide
_Author of Frommer's
WASHINGTON, D.C. DAY BY DAY (2007)
CV
_My professional experience