The term "swallowing problem" covers many symptoms. More accurately known as "dysphagia," speech language pathologists (aka speech therapists) are involved in the assessment and treatment of swallowing problems, often in collaboration with other medical specialists.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, so today's column is dedicated to helping move this cause forward.

I really love my job. It fits me like a glove, and I know that there is no way I could ever do anything but be a personal fitness coach.

The term "swallowing problem" covers many symptoms. More accurately known as "dysphagia," speech language pathologists (aka speech therapists) are involved in the assessment and treatment of swallowing problems, often in collaboration with other medical specialists.

I really love my job. It fits me like a glove, and I know that there is no way I could ever do anything but be a personal fitness coach.

High-tech innovations have become an essential part of the practice of medicine. However, at times I think we have gone too far.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, so today's column is dedicated to helping move this cause forward.

Anthony D. Holland was only 35 when he bought his gravestone. He didn’t have the nerve to weigh himself, but he knows now he was well over 400 pounds. And at that weight, Holland, 38, of Griswold, Conn., just didn’t expect to live long.

The irony didn't escape Flo Berry. At one of the top transplant hospitals in the country, she was briefed on organizing spaghetti fundraiser suppers. How to rent the hall, sell tickets, organize publicity. She and her husband lost jobs and lifetime savings. Today, they have their own consulting business, and they have some ideas for improving organ donation and public health care policy in this country.

Anne Andolina has been suffering from diabetes for 34 years, but until she became a resident at the Hurlbut Nursing Facility in Brighton, N.Y., she didn’t know how to control it. The 82-year-old has gone from taking three shots of insulin a day to zero. She now controls her diabetes through pills.