Like many Americans, John O’Neill spends long hours at the office and then continues to work at home in the hours before going to bed.  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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Four years ago, author Richard M. Cohen wrote Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness … A Reluctant Memoir (HaperCollins 2005). It’s a vivid account of Cohen’s struggle with multiple sclerosis and colon cancer, and it was a best-seller.  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 »

Despite his French-sounding name, Michel Nischan is from Illinois, and in many ways he’s an all-American guy. Nischan and Paul Newman were introduced by the actor’s daughter Nell, who thought Nischan could advise her father on his plans to open a restaurant.  read more »

1 Drink natural fluid for maximum energy: Cut back on dehydrating liquids—tea, coffee, and alcohol—and drink more water and natural fruit juice. Our bodies need about a liter of fluid a day (nearly a quart). We should get as much of it as possible from water and natural fruit juice. Eating water-packed fruit, such as grapes, citrus fruit, and apples, will also help.  read more »

Baltimore resident 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 »

Terry Barton, who has type 2 diabetes, has an exercise buddy who never takes no for an answer. “He insists we keep the routine going.  read more »