My Writing Portfolio

2019 Health and Science Writing

12/31/2019 – mindbodygreen – 6 Natural Ways To Support Healthy NAD+ Levels As You Age

12/27/2019 – mindbodygreen – Over 40 & Low Energy? The Promising Supplement That Could Help

12/18/2019 – Healthline – FDA Approves Low Nicotine Cigarette: Will It Help?

12/17/2019 – Healthline – First Long-Term Study of E-Cigs Finds Link to COPD Risk

12/12/2019 – Healthline – Experts Worry E-Cig Bans Could Backfire: Here’s Why

12/6/2019 – Healthline – Vigorous Exercise Can Greatly Reduce Your Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease

12/6/2019 – Healthline – What to Know About the Sushi Recall Affecting Trader Joe’s, 7-11

12/1/2019 – Healthline – FDA Issues Warning on Products That Contain Cannabidiol

11/27/2019 – The Local Scoop (Williamsburg, Virginia) – Independent Pharmacy at Forefront of CBD Trend

11/27/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Even Large Molecules Can Behave Like Waves

11/25/2019 – Healthline – 1 in 8 People with Heart Conditions Avoid or Ration Meds Due to Cost

11/21/2019 – Healthline – Vaping Lung Disease: Over 2,200 Cases Reported, Teen Gets ‘Popcorn Lung’

11/19/2019 – Healthline – What to Know About That Major Study on Stents and Heart Disease

11/15/2019 – Healthline – Not Just a Lung Problem: How E-Cigs May Affect Your Heart, Brain, and Blood Vessels

11/11/2019 – Healthline – Staying Active During Heart Attack Recovery Can Decrease Risk of Death by 30%

11/6/2019 – Healthline – People Are Getting Their STDs Diagnosed on Reddit

11/5/2019 – Healthline – 1 in 4 High School Students Are Using E-Cigs

10/30/2019 – Healthline – How to Pick the Right Healthcare Plan for You and Your Wallet

10/29/2019 – Healthline – Can Cannabis Help Your Mental Health? What We Know

10/23/2019 – Healthline – More Time on Screens Means More Soda, Sports Drinks for Teens

10/22/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Quarks: Basic Building Block or Quantum Illusion?

10/17/2019 – Healthline – Will E-Cigs Make You More Likely to Get the Cold and Flu?

10/14/2019 – Healthline – Massage and Music Therapy May Be Better Than Pills for Certain Dementia Symptoms

10/13/2019 – Healthline – E-Cig Vaping Led to Lung Cancer in Mice: What Does This Mean for Humans?

10/10/2019 – Healthline – How the President’s New Changes to Medicare May Affect Your Healthcare

10/7/2019 – Healthline – Cleaning with Bleach Can Release Harmful Airborne Particles

10/1/2019 – Healthline – Standard Autism Screening Is Missing a Lot of Kids

9/27/2019 – Healthline – Blood Pressure Medication Recall Continues — Here’s What You Need to Know

9/27/2019 – Healthline – Deadly Vaping Illnesses Linked to THC Products

9/27/2019 – Healthline – ‘Smart Tattoos’ Could Someday Monitor Your Vitals — No Batteries Required

9/22/2019 – Healthline – Cancer-Causing Menthol Is 1,600 Times Stronger in E-Cigs Than Traditional Cigarettes

9/22/2019 – Healthline – It’s TV, Not Instagram, That Can Hurt Students’ Grades

9/19/2019 – Healthline – Even ‘Safe’ Tap Water Can Have Cancer-Causing Contamination

9/17/2019 – Healthline – Alex Trebek Says He Will Need More Chemotherapy

9/12/2019 – Healthline – FDA Wants to Ban Flavored E-Cigs: What to Know

9/5/2019 – Healthline – Why Hurricanes Can Still Be Dangerous Even After the Storm Passes

9/3/2019 – Healthline – Is Vaping Deadly? What to Know About 215 People Sickened After E-Cig Use

8/29/2019 – Healthline – More Teens Using Marijuana Concentrate: What Is It?

8/22/2019 – Healthline – Nearly 150 Hospitalized After Vaping

8/16/2019 – Healthline – What to Know About a Potential Ebola ‘Cure’

8/14/2019 – Healthline – No, This ‘Miracle’ Solution Isn’t a Cure for Cancer, Autism: It’s Bleach

8/9/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Quantum Darwinism: Moving From the Quantum to the Classical World

8/5/2019 – Healthline – What Older Adults Should Know About Statins

7/26/2019 – Science & Nonduality – The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected

7/20/2019 – Healthline – 50 Years After Apollo 11, Here’s What We’ve Learned About Living in Space

7/19/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Mindful Thoughts for Stargazers

7/16/2019 – Healthline – Why People Are Turning to Cannabis Over OTC, Rx Pain Relievers

7/12/2019 – Healthline – Why Pain Levels Get Worse or Better Depending on Time of Day

7/9/2019 – Healthline – Stevie Wonder to Undergo Kidney Transplant: What to Know

6/24/2019 – Healthline – How Parents Can Talk to Teens About Marijuana Legalization

6/23/2019 – Healthline – New Drug to Boost Women’s Sex Drive Delivers Modest Improvement, Several Side Effects

6/17/2019 – Healthline – Could Magic Mushrooms Ever Replace Today’s Antidepressants?

6/13/2019 – Healthline – Why Spending Just Two Hours a Week in Nature Is Good for You

6/11/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Star Stuff: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin on the Mystery of Stars

6/7/2019 – Healthline – New Study Finds the Limit to Human Endurance

6/5/2019 – Healthline – Knowing What to Expect After Surgery Can Help People Avoid Opioids

6/4/2019 – Healthline – Yes, Coffee Is Pretty Healthy, but 25 Cups a Day Is Too Much

5/30/2019 – Healthline – Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks Available Online

5/30/2019 – Healthline – Alex Trebek Says He’s in ‘Near Remission’ — Here’s What to Know

5/29/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Biomimicry: Scientists Look to Nature for Design Inspiration

5/28/2019 – Healthline – Can Controlling Blood Pressure and Glucose Level Help People Avoid Pacemakers?

5/27/2019 – Healthline – Prescription Drug Ads Will Now Include Prices. Will It Help Lower Costs?

5/22/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Scientists Map the Wood Wide Web

5/22/2019 – Healthline – Diabetes Can Put Your Liver at Risk: The Mediterranean Diet Might Help

5/21/2019 – Healthline – Can CBD Help Reduce Heroin Cravings? Researchers Think So

5/17/2019 – Healthline – Heart Attacks in AM, Fever in PM: How Your Body Clock Works

5/16/2019 – Healthline – Why Brain Training May Help You Form Stronger Memories

5/8/2019 – Science & Nonduality – TEDx talk: Epigenetics by Moshe Szyf

5/7/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Solving the Vacuum Catastrophe — Measured Versus Predicted Vacuum Energy Density

5/2/2019 – Healthline – FDA Issues ‘Black Box’ Warning on Sleep Aids Like Ambien: What You Need to Know

5/1/2019 – Healthline – New FDA-Approved Psoriasis Lotion May Treat Flare-Ups Faster

4/25/2019 – Healthline – Check Your Freezer: E. coli Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef Leaves 156 Sick

4/24/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Can the Effects of Trauma Pass Down Generations?

4/24/2019 – Healthline – From Hearing Loss to Pneumonia: 7 Common Complications of the Measles

4/20/2019 – Science and Nonduality – Brain Biases Prevent Action on Climate Change … But Can Help, Too

4/16/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Trees have a Regular “Heartbeat”

4/16/2019 – Healthline – Diabetes Drug Reduces Kidney Disease, But Could Cost You $600 a Month

4/15/2019 – Healthline – Autism Rates Have Risen 44% in New Jersey, Experts Aren’t Sure Why

4/10/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Multiple Realities Can Happily Co-Exist, Suggests Study

4/10/2019 – Healthline – Everything You Need to Know About Drug-Resistant Fungus

4/9/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Healing Your Belly Could Also Heal Your Brain

4/5/2019 – Healthline – Sorry, Moderate Drinking Doesn’t Protect Against Stroke

4/3/2019 – Healthline – Experts Baffled by Rise of Mysterious Polio-Like Disease in Children

4/2/2019 – Healthline – Probiotics, Poor Diet May Interfere with Cancer Immunotherapy

4/1/2019 – Healthline – Have a Preexisting Condition? How the ACA Lawsuit Could Affect You

3/27/2019 – Healthline – These Supplements May Lower Cholesterol — But They Can Also Damage Livers

3/26/2019 – Healthline – Should You Throw Out Your Avocados? What to Know About the Recall

3/23/2019 – Science & Nonduality – All of Reality — Including Gravity — is Quantum, Say Researchers

3/21/2019 – Healthline – What to Know About Psychosis Risk for ADHD Drugs Like Adderall

3/20/2019 – Healthline – Why ‘Food Prescriptions’ Are the Best Medicine for Chronic Diseases

3/15/2019 – Healthline – Check Your Freezer: What to Know About the Butterball Turkey Recall

3/12/2019 – Healthline – Why This Could Be the Worst Year for Measles in a Decade

3/11/2019 – Science & Nonduality – One Strange Rock Documentary Offers Much Wonder and a Little Bit of Strange

3/7/2019 – Healthline – Just 1 Drink a Day May Increase High Blood Pressure Risk

3/7/2019 – Healthline – Concerned About Getting Rx Drugs from Canada? Here’s What to Know

3/5/2019 – Healthline – Here’s How Treating Obesity and Depression at the Same Time Can Help

3/4/2019 – Healthline – Lab-Grown Tumors Might Help Doctors Individualize Cancer Treatment

2/25/2019 – Healthline – What to Know About High-Fat Diets and Your Microbiome

2/19/2019 – Healthline – How Gut Bacteria May Be Linked to Lupus

2/9/2019 – Science & Nonduality – Black Holes and the Arrow of Time

2/2/2019 – Healthline – Sleep Apnea and Bad Mood: How Air Pollution Can Affect You

2/1/2019 – Healthline – Check Your Pantry: General Mills Recalls Flour Over Salmonella Concern

1/29/2019 – Healthline – Yes, Gum Disease May Increase the Risk of Alzheimer’s — But Don’t Panic

1/24/2019 – Healthline – Sen. Rand Paul Joins Rising Number of Americans Going Abroad for Healthcare

1/18/2019 – Healthline – Exercise Is Good for You, But Does It Really Affect Weight Loss?

1/11/2019 – Healthline – Those Avocados in Your Kitchen May Be Contaminated, Here’s What to Do

1/8/2019 – Healthline – These Experimental Eye Drops Can Help Damaged Eyes Recover

1/3/2019 – Healthline – What Are the Best Foods to Eat After an Intense Workout?

1/2/2019 – Healthline – Is More Potent Marijuana Driving a Surge in Cannabis Use Disorder?

1/1/2019 – Science & Nonduality – The World Beneath Your Feet Is Teeming With Life