Downsizing the mega-soda
If there was any doubt that New York City was serious about downsizing the giant sugary drinks sold at restaurants and concession stands, it was erased Thursday with the enactment of a new rule by the...
View ArticleGoing public with disease: How much is too much?
I’m rooting for Robin Roberts. As if breast cancer in her 40s wasn’t enough, the warm, sparkly co-anchor of Good Morning America is now dealing with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare bone marrow...
View ArticleA cancer hero, fallen from grace
Two days after the news of Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace, I’m still not sure what my reaction should be. Disappointment? Disgust? Outrage? Probably all three. Not because he cheated his way to the...
View ArticleTragedy, black humor and coping
A seemingly frivolous tweet about superstorm Sandy drew a sharp rebuke this week from the Michigan Nurses Association. The offending tweet came from the Detroit News and actually was a retweet of what...
View ArticleHoliday food guilt? Not on the menu
Writer Ragen Chastain can think of several things that would be more fun than being under holiday surveillance by what she calls “the Friends and Family Food Police”: a root canal, a fishhook in the...
View ArticleMovember: just another gimmick?
Take a look at the guys around you this month and count how many of them are displaying more facial hair than usual. Chalk it up to Movember, a global charity event that invites men to grow mustaches...
View ArticleHow sweet it isn’t?
First it was fats, then carbohydrates. Now sugar has joined the ranks of nutritional villainy. With Christmas approaching on a tidal wave of candy canes and gingerbread, one can’t help wondering: Is it...
View ArticleOut with the old
Purging the bad stuff of 2012 so the new year can start with a clean slate has become something of a tradition in New York City’s Times Square, where the Times Square Alliance hosted its sixth annual...
View Article5 things to think about before you pink
October is upon us, and the pink reminders that this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month seem more prolific than the autumn leaves scattering from the trees. Here’s another reminder: Consumer beware. Just...
View ArticleProviders by any other name
Guilty, guilty, guilty. That was my reaction after reading Dr. Danielle Ofri’s take at the New York Times Well blog on the use of the word “provider” to refer to people in health care. Dr. Ofri...
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