If you’ve been knocked back by a heart attack, stroke, or other serious illness or injury, the road to recovery can feel endless. A top doctor offers suggestions for healing body and spirit.  read more »

I receive email messages every day from women worried that their breast pain means something ominous, like breast cancer. Actually, breast pain is a common symptom, especially in teenagers and women who are nearing menopause.  read more »

Baltimore attorney Christine Miller, 32, has spent much of her life looking for detours around rheumatoid arthritis (RA). “Instead of playing soccer, I was on the swim team.  read more »

Preparing for your next doctor’s visit and knowing what questions to ask about your diabetes can help you gain a clearer overall picture of your health. It’s also important to get the answers you seek.  read more »

Dr. Lois Ramondetta was finally asleep on a hospital cot after 15 hours on duty—and many hours to go on her shift—when the call came in.  read more »

Chef Michel Nischan runs a Westport, Conn., restaurant with actor Paul Newman. Famous for his pure and simple creations and emphasis on the freshest and finest ingredients Nischan believes that great food can also be good for you.  read more »

Joey “Pants” Pantoliano was a mess. The wiry character actor, best known as the hotheaded mob lieutenant Ralph Cifaretto in the HBO show “The Sopranos” was losing weight he didn’t need to lose.  read more »

Eva Hampton, mother of NFL all-pro Rodney Hampton, has battled diabetes for nearly two decades. With the help of her loving family, this grandmother of 10 is still going strong.  read more »

Are you one of the more than 44 million Americans providing unpaid care for a family member or friend? If so, you’re probably also juggling several other family obligations, as most caregivers are married and nearly half have children under 18 living at home, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP.  read more »

Just over a year ago, Jeff Mines was devoted to junk food and TV. “I had a nice list of shows that I watched from Monday to Friday,” he says. “I would sit down after dinner with a bag of chips and a bowl of ice cream, and watch sitcoms, and ‘Law and Order,’ and ‘CSI’, living vicariously through those characters.”  read more »

The summer of 1990 changed my life. I was commuting from New Jersey to Manhattan to attend summer school college classes, and I had a part-time job at a press-clipping bureau doing tk. From the outside, my life looked like that of a typical 20-year-old girl.  read more »

Everyone seems to be “going green” these days, and that’s a good thing. We’ve finally figured out that the health of planet Earth has a direct impact on the health of the people who live here.  read more »