Stories I've Written
I specialize in health service journalism, reported health features, and content marketing for brands and non-profits in the health and wellness space. Some samples are below.
CANCER
HEALTH CENTRAL: What Young Women Should Know About Breast Cancer
HEALTH CENTRAL: Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy: Which to Choose?
AARP: How Your Pandemic Habits Could Raise Your Breast Cancer
MOUNT SINAI SCIENCE & MEDICINE: Cracking the Code
HEALTH: 9 Lymphoma Symptoms to Watch For, According to Cancer Doctors
HEALTH: These 3 Women Were Each Diagnosed With Advanced Lung Cancer—Even Though They Never Smoked
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: 5 Things We Now Know About Multiple Myeloma
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: Lung Cancer: What You Need to Know About Your Risk Factor—Even if You've Never Smoked
EVERYDAY HEALTH: Should You Use Medical Marijuana If You Have Cancer?
EVERYDAY HEALTH: Dense Breasts 101: What You Need To Know if You Have This Type of Breast Tissue
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: 8 Common Myths About Metastatic Breast Cancer
FAMILY CIRCLE: The New Rules of Breast Cancer
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS: Screening for Breast Cancer
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS: You Can Get Skin Cancer Where?
WEBMD: Does Marijuana Help With Breast Cancer?
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
MOUNT SINAI SCIENCE & MEDICINE: Connecting the Dots Between Heart Disease and Full-Body Health
AARP: What Are Blood Clots and When They're Dangerous
AARP: What to Know About Angina
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS: Heart-Health Wake-Up Call
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: 5 Things We Now Know About Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
WOMAN'S DAY: The Health Issue You Must Discuss
SILVERSNEAKERS: 9 Things You Should Do After a Heart Attack
SILVERSNEAKERS: 8 Things You Don’t Know About Cholesterol
COVID, COLDS, AND FLU
FORTUNE WELL: Why Do You Have a Sore Throat When You Wake Up in the Morning?
FORTUNE WELL: 9 At-Home Exercises That May Help Relieve Your Long COVID Symptoms
AARP: What Is What a Breakthrough COVID Infection Feels Like
HEALTH: 'Post-COVID Syndrome' Is Causing Lingering Symptoms in Some Coronavirus Survivors
PREVENTION: How Common Are Flu Side Effects, And Do You Really Need To Get Vaccinated?
WEBMD: Is Coronavirus Riskier if You Have HIV?
WEBMD: The Truth Behind Mom's Cold and Flu Advice
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: 3 Innovative Ways Researchers Are Rethinking How We Combat the Flu
DIABETES AND BLOOD SUGAR
FORTUNE WELL: 4 Strategies to Stop Blood Sugar Swings
MOUNT SINAI SCIENCE & MEDICINE: Leading Breakthroughs in Diabetes
DIABETIC LIVING: Help for Your Heart
LEVELS: The 7 Factors that Significantly Impact Your Blood Sugar
LEVELS: What Causes Hypoglycemia in People Without Diabetes?
LEVELS: The Science on Sugar Cravings and How to Beat Them
DIABETES FORECAST: Fight for Your Rights
DIABETES FORECAST: What You Need to Know About Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults
DIABETES FORECAST: Diagnosis: Diabulimia
DIABETES FORECAST: All About Diabetes and Pregnancy
DIABETES FORECAST: No More Yo-Yo
DIABETES FORECAST: Making Islet Cell Transplants Safer
DIET AND NUTRITION
FORTUNE WELL: No, Drinking Diet Coke Won't Kill You But Experts Say There Are Several Good Reasons to Consider Cutting Back
FORTUNE WELL: These 6 High-Inflammatory Foods Can Sap Your Energy and Raise Your Risk of Chronic Health Conditions
AARP: 7 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Pumpkins
AARP: 5 Superfoods for Arthritis
WEBMD: Energy Drinks: Pick-Me-Up or Health Hazard?
LIVESTRONG: You Don't Want to Know About the Fish Many Poke and Sushi Spots Are Using
BORN FITNESS: Milk Isn't Bad For You (But 6 Type of People May Want to Avoid It
DIGESTIVE HEALTH
HEALTH CENTRAL: Eating a Plant-Based Diet with Ulcerative Colitis
WEIGHT WATCHERS: What is GERD? Here's Your Complete Guide
NORTHWELL HEALTH: 6 Things You Should Know About Your Gut Bacteria
WEBMD: Crohn’s: A Full-Body Disease
WEBMD: Living With Ulcerative Colitis
PREVENTION: This Seven-Time Marathoner Gets Candid About Running With Crohn's Disease
MOOD AND MEMORY
FORTUNE WELL: Tiny Stressors, Major Impact: How to Keep "Microstress" From Wrecking Your Health
HEALTH CENTRAL: What is Type 3 Diabetes?
WEBMD: How to Practice Gratitude
HEALTH CENTRAL: Can You Take Adderall and Antidepressants Together?
RALLY HEALTH: A Year of Stress May Be Messing With Your Body (And How to Fix It)
RALLY HEALTH: Surviving the Strain of a Crowded House
WEBMD: ADHD: Deciding Not to Use Medication
THE KEY: Is Loneliness Hurting Your Older Loved One’s Health
WEBMD: What Are Nootropics?
SILVERSNEAKERS: 6 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Dementia
ADHD ONLINE: What People With ADHD Should Know About Seasonal Affective Disorder
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: This Schizophrenia Clinical Trial Could Improve Patient Caregiving
POWER OF MINDFULNESS: Meditation for People Who Can't Sit Still
NORTHWELL HEALTH: A Good Therapist is Hard to Find
ORAL HEALTH
AARP: 6 Very Big Reasons to Brush
PARENTS: A Look at the Tooth-Bank Trend
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: Surprising Causes of Bad Breath
SILVERSNEAKERS: Dental Health for Older Adults: What Your Mouth Says About Your Health
FAMILY CIRCLE: All About Smiles
PARKINSON'S AND NEUROLOGIC CONDITIONS
AARP: Playing Ping-Pong Through Parkinson's
AARP: Spot the Warning Signs of Multiple Sclerosis
AARP: Parkinson’s Dementia: Signs, Symptoms, and Hope for the Future
HEALTH CENTRAL: How Close Are We to a Cure for MS?
SHAPE: Head Off Headaches
PERSONAL STORIES
NORTHWELL HEALTH: Reconstructing Tuck
NORTHWELL HEALTH: I Had Colon Cancer at 32
HEALTH: I Thought I Had the Flu—but It Turned Out to Be Sepsis
HEALTH: I Had a Preventive Mastectomy at 39—Then Found Out I Already Had Breast Cancer
FAMILY CIRCLE: I Kept My Cancer a Secret
CREAKYJOINTS: Living With Stage 4 Lung Cancer During the Coronavirus Pandemic
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL: Let Me Tell You What It's Like... To Have Adult ADHD
WEBMD: What It’s Really Like to Have Heart Bypass Surgery
SHAPE: Melanoma? Me?
PRECISION MEDICINE
CREAKYJOINTS: What Precision Medicine Might Mean for Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Journey
WEBMD: The Future of Precision Medicine
WEBMD: Information Safety in the Precision Medicine Age
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: Are Super Personalized Solutions the Future of Healthcare?
RHEUMATIC AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
CREAKYJOINTS: Understanding Neuromodulation and Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Rheumatoid Arthritis
CREAKYJOINTS: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease: Why You’re at Increased Risk
CREAKYJOINTS: Preventing Heart Disease When You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis: Which Tests Do You Need?
CREAKYJOINTS: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease: 28 Ways You Can Lower Your Risk
CREAKYJOINTS: Gout Signs and Symptoms You Might Be Ignoring
CREAKYJOINTS: Gout Risk Factors and Causes You Need to Know About
CREAKYJOINTS: Gout Flares: How to Treat Them (and Prevent Them in the Future)
AARP: 5 Warning Signs of Lupus
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: Tapping the Powers of the Immune System
HEALTH CENTRAL: Inflammation and Psoriasis: What’s the Connection?
SENIOR HEALTH
THE KEY: How to Respond to Dementia-Related Behaviors
THE KEY: Is Loneliness Hurting Your Older Loved One’s Health
THE KEY: 5 Steps to Take After a Loved One Has a Fall
SILVERSNEAKERS: Opioid Safety: What Every Older Adult Needs to Know
SILVERSNEAKERS: How Older Adults Can Avoid a Misdiagnosis
SILVERSNEAKERS: Special Report: Are You Drinking Too Much?
SILVERSNEAKERS: OTC Meds for Older Adults: How to Stay Safe
BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD MINNESOTA: How to Make Home Safe for Older Adults
SLEEP
FORTUNE WELL: Can You Get Addicted to Melatonin?
HEALTH CENTRAL: Can You Take Ambien and Hydrocodone Together?
WEIGHT WATCHERS: Sleep Meditation: Can Meditating Help You Sleep?
NORTHWELL HEALTH: Is Your Smartphone Messing With Your Sleep?
WEBMD: Why PMS Gives You Insomnia
SHAPE: How to Fake Awake
WEIGHT LOSS AND MANAGEMENT
WEBMD: What Is Food Noise and How Can You Quiet It?
EATING WELL: Metabolism Matters
FORTUNE WELL: 7 Expert-Backed Strategies to Avoid Overeating When You're Working From Home
AARP: FDA Approves Game-Changing Weight Loss Drug Semaglutide
PREVENTION: How Mindful Eating Helped Me Lose Weight And Love Food
READER'S DIGEST: 50 Sneaky Things Making You Gain Weight
SHAPE: Control Your Weight Fate
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: The Facts About Weight-Loss Surgery: Experts Debunk 6 Common Myths
WOMEN'S HEALTH, PREGNANCY, AND MENOPAUSE
HEALTH CENTRAL: Do Fertility Drugs and IVF Increase Breast Cancer Risk?
WEBMD: How to Help Your Daughter Be Ready For Her First Period
GLAMOUR: The Ob-Gyn Shortage Is Real—And It Might Impact Your Care
AARP: How to Tame a Hot Flash
HEALTH: The Best Birth Control at Every Age
JOHNSON & JOHNSON: What It's Like When Your Baby Has a Rare Blood Disorder
HEALTHYWOMEN: Women and Chronic Pain: No It's Not All In Your Head
ALLOY: Hot Flashes and Anxiety: What's the Connection?
ALLOY: Menopause and Hair Loss: What's the Deal?
ALLOY: What Causes Hot Flashes?
INFERTILITY: Diagnosing the Problem