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.

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?
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE // JULY 7, 2013
At a venerable roadside attraction in the shadow of Disney World, an endangered species is practicing the old secrets of the deep.
PARENTS // JULY, 2011
Right here in the United States, one in four children don’t have enough to eat. The impact this has on their health, their development — their future — is staggering.
O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE // MAY, 2011
Think you’re too old to wear a miniskirt? To young to pull off gray hair? These five women prove there’s a right way to break any fashion rule.
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