My Writing Portfolio
As a health and science journalist, I cover health, science, medicine, yoga and other topics for online and print publications. Below is a partial list of bylined articles arranged by date.
2017 Health and Science Writing
12/21/2017 – Healthline – What Would Happen to You If You Ate Like Donald Trump?
12/13/2017 – Healthline – What Happens If Half of Today’s Children Are Obese at Age 35
12/12/2017 – Healthline – Who’s Dying from Opioid Overdoses? It May Not Be Who You Think
12/11/2017 – Healthline – Do We Need More Generic Opioids to Battle Opioid Epidemic?
12/5/2017 – Healthline – Opioid Epidemic Burdening Grandparents, Foster Homes | Fox News
11/30/2017 – Healthline – Why Seniors Aren’t Shopping Around on Medicare Plans
11/30/2017 – Science & Nonduality – The Physical Side of Trauma
11/29/2017 – Healthline – Electronic Stimulation May Be a Way to Treat Opioid Withdrawal
11/29/2017 – Healthline – We’ve Crunched the Numbers… Here’s How Alcohol Can Increase Your Cancer Risk
11/27/2017 – Healthline – Should People with Anorexia Be Force-Fed?
11/17/2017 – Healthline – People Who Exercise in Groups Get More Health Benefits
11/8/2017 – Healthline – Monthly Shot for Opioid Addiction Might Be as Effective as Daily Medication
11/7/2017 – Healthline – Obesity Rising: Can We Do Anything to Reverse This Deadly Trend?
11/6/2017 – Healthline – Why You Feel Out of Sorts After Daylight Saving Time
11/3/2017 – Healthline – Can Exercising Too Much Cause Heart Health Problems?
11/2/2017 – Science & Nonduality – What Happens to Consciousness Under Anesthesia?
11/1/2017 – Healthline – Why Is There so Much Smoking in the 12 ‘Tobacco States’?
10/26/2017 – Healthline – Should People Who Intentionally Expose Others To HIV Be Prosecuted?
10/23/2017 – Healthline – Why It’s Unlikely Harvey Weinstein Is a Sex Addict
10/20/2017 – Healthline – Are You Sabotaging Your Workouts by Drinking Too Much Booze?
10/17/2017 – Healthline – Why Do People with Mental Health Illnesses Smoke so Much?
10/12/2017 – Healthline – Have High Drug Prices Finally Reached a Tipping Point?
10/11/2017 – Healthline – Big Pharma Creating Startup Firms to Do Drug Research
10/6/2017 – Healthline – How to Stay Active as You Get Older
10/4/2017 – Healthline – Will Limiting Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days Have an Impact?
10/2/2017 – Healthline – Drug Price Gouging Laws May Become a New Trend
9/27/2017 – Healthline – How Do You Cope After Being Hit by Disaster Twice?
9/27/2017 – Healthline – Why Would Big Tobacco Pay for an Anti-Smoking Campaign?
9/25/2017 – Healthline – Sitting Is Bad for Your Health. What Can You Do About It?
9/20/2017 – Healthline – The Dangers of ‘Home Remedies’ for Serious Illnesses | Fox News
9/18/2017 – Healthline – Doctors’ Fear of Malpractice Causes a Lot of Unnecessary Care
9/15/2017 – Healthline – More Children Coming to Hospitals Addicted to Opioids
9/14/2017 – Healthline – Areas Hit by Hurricanes Prepare for Mosquito Storm
9/14/2017 – Healthline – Who Regulates All These Health-Related Apps? | Fox News
9/11/2017 – Healthline – Study Paid for by Grain Industry Says White Bread Not so Bad
9/7/2017 – Healthline – Can You Lower Your ‘Bad’ Cholesterol Too Much?
9/1/2017 – Healthline – ‘Slow but Steady’ Wins the Weight Loss Race
8/30/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Loving Your Darkest Emotions
8/30/2017 – Healthline – Teen Drug Use Is Down, But Fatal Opioid Overdoses Are Up
8/28/2017 – Healthline – Doctors from Lower-Tier Medical Schools Prescribe Far More Opioids
8/23/2017 – Healthline – Do Low Calorie Diets Help You Live Longer?
8/21/2017 – Healthline – What Makes a School Healthy for Students?
8/19/2017 – Healthline – Will Gene Editing Allow Us to Rid the World of Diseases?
8/15/2017 – Healthline – A ‘National Emergency’ Declaration on Opioid Epidemic Might Actually Work
8/9/2017 – Healthline – Researchers Want to Know Why Anti-Opioid Drug Is Being Underused
8/9/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Human Brain and Cosmic Web Remarkably Similar
8/4/2017 – Healthline – Does Moderate Drinking Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes?
8/3/2017 – Healthline – Should Psychologists Be Free to Talk About President Trump?
8/3/2017 – Healthline – Diabetes Care Could Top $336 Billion by 2034
7/28/2017 – Healthline – Core Strength Is More Important Than Muscular Arms
7/25/2017 – Healthline – Should Companies Allow Mental Health Days?
7/24/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Retrocausality: Can the Present Affect the Past?
7/17/2017 – Healthline – What Kind of Health Insurance Would the ‘Cruz Amendment’ Provide?
7/17/2017 – Healthline – How Much Does It Cost to Stay in the Hospital?
7/14/2017 – Healthline – Smoking Scenes in Movies Have Increased … Why?
7/13/2017 – Healthline – Does Mexico Have Better Healthcare Than the United States?
7/11/2017 – Healthline – Do We Really Save Money by Cutting Medicaid?
7/6/2017 – Healthline – How Vulnerable Are We to Prescription Pill Manufacturers?
7/5/2017 – Healthline – How GOP Healthcare Bill Would Affect One Family in Kansas
7/3/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Some Genes Active for Days After Death
6/27/2017 – Healthline – Does Marijuana Increase the Risk of Vehicle Crashes?
6/21/2017 – Healthline – Is a Single-Payer Health System Too Expensive to Be a Realistic Option?
6/21/2017 – Healthline – Millennial Doctors, Patients Shaping Healthcare World
6/16/2017 – Healthline – Understanding the Third Pillar of Physical Fitness
6/13/2017 – Healthline – Will a New Drug to Fight Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Really Work?
6/7/2017 – Healthline – Should a Doctor’s Age Matter?
6/5/2017 – Healthline – Even Small Opioid Dosages Can Lead to Misuse
6/2/2017 – Healthline – It Can Take Just Two Weeks to Get Out of Shape
5/25/2017 – Healthline – How You Can Die From a Caffeine Overdose
5/18/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Emotions Shape Our Physical Reality
5/17/2017 – Healthline – Social Smokers Have Same Cardiovascular Risks as Regular Smokers
5/16/2017 – Healthline – Big Difference in Life Expectancy in Different Regions in US
5/15/2017 – Healthline – Doctors Checking Patient Prescription History Could Help Ease Opioid Epidemic
5/9/2017 – Healthline – Scientists Battle Bacteria with Silver and Mucus
5/8/2017 – Healthline – Bullying Appears to Be on the Decline
5/5/2017 – Healthline – What Makes an ‘Ageless Athlete’?
5/4/2017 – Healthline – Yoga Can Help Girls Who Have Experienced Trauma
4/28/2017 – Healthline – How to Get in Shape by Memorial Day
4/24/2017 – Healthline – Why is the HPV Rate So High in the U.S.?
4/20/2017 – Science & Nonduality – All Memory Is an Illusion
4/20/2017 – Healthline – How Surgery Helped Fuel the Opioid Epidemic
4/18/2017 – Healthline – Can You Tax People into Quitting Smoking?
4/14/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Turning the Microscopic World Into Art
4/14/2017 – Healthline – Can Companies Save Money with Workplace Wellness Programs?
4/13/2017 – Healthline – How Working Class White Americans Are Killing Themselves
4/10/2017 – Healthline – Government Officials Taking Action on US Opioid Epidemic
4/5/2017 – Healthline – Are People Being Misdiagnosed with High Blood Pressure?
4/4/2017 – Healthline – Norway-Italy-Canada Combo: How to Put Together a Healthy, Happy Society
3/23/2017 – Healthline – Should Ibuprofen Be a Prescription Drug?
3/22/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Margaret Wertheim: The Changing Concept of the Self
3/16/2017 – Healthline – Do You Have to Be Antisocial to Lose Weight?
3/14/2017 – Healthline – Who Are They? 14 Million More People Won’t Have Health Insurance Next Year
3/8/2017 – Healthline – What Would Happen If GOP Health Plan Is Approved?
3/7/2017 – Healthline – How Poor Diet Raises Your Risk of Dying from Heart Disease
3/6/2017 – Healthline – Critics Say ‘Orphan Drug’ Law Ripe for Abuse
3/1/2017 – Healthline – These Doctors Accept Only Cash
2/24/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Breath Helps You Remember and Identify Dangers
2/17/2017 – Healthline – Are Expensive Fitness Classes Worth It?
2/15/2017 – Healthline – Rural Hospitals Closing at an Alarming Rate
2/9/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Listening to the Heart
2/9/2017 – Healthline – How Immigration Restrictions Are Hurting People’s Health
2/3/2017 – Science & Nonduality – Do Plants Have Consciousness? Research Suggests Maybe
2/3/2017 – Healthline – How Long Does It Take to Get in Shape?
2/1/2017 – Healthline – ‘Baby Boxes’ Show the Importance of Helping New Parents
1/27/2017 – Healthline – Can We Make Food Truck Menus Healthier?
1/24/2017 – Healthline – Alzheimer’s Documentary: Epidemic Could Bankrupt Medicare and Medicaid
1/20/2017 – Healthline – If You Want to Die Young, Move to Rural America
1/13/2017 – Healthline – What Exercises Are the Best?
1/9/2017 – Healthline – Frozen Ovaries and Other Reproductive Miracles
1/5/2017 – Healthline – Dramatic Drop in Cancer Deaths Since 1991, but Still Some Concerns