PARADE // AUGUST, 2014
Virginia Sole-Smith thought her baby was healthy—until a routine doctor’s visit revealed a heart defect so severe it could have been fatal within hours. The screening test every parent needs to know about.
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PARADE // AUGUST, 2014
Virginia Sole-Smith thought her baby was healthy—until a routine doctor’s visit revealed a heart defect so severe it could have been fatal within hours. The screening test every parent needs to know about.
MARIE CLAIRE // AUGUST, 2014
Are BMI charts a load of BS? New research shows that good health may have nothing to do with your body mass index.
PREVENTION // JUNE, 2014
When trauma is ongoing, there’s no time to get away. Healing has to happen where you can find it.
ELLE // NOVEMBER, 2013
Birth control pills are prescribed for every female trouble known to, uh, man. While their benefits are undeniable, some are questioning the explosion in their use.
MARIE CLAIRE // OCTOBER, 2013
After a rash of deaths linked to its products, the high-octane beverage industry has gone through a female-friendly makeover. But are these drinks actually safer?
WOMEN’S HEALTH // 2008
There are more pound-melting potions on drugstore shelves than ever before. Are they really all that bad? You bet.
THE NATION // OCTOBER, 2007
Cheap beauty products are making Americans sick. How an epidemic is plaguing poorly paid workers at nail salons – while the FDA does nothing. (Research supported by The Investigative Fund.)
WOMEN’S HEALTH // APRIL, 2007
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the sweet stuff in your veins.
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