This week one of the world's most beautiful voices fell silent forever. Tragically, Whitney Houston passed away at the age of 48. People in the social and broadcast media have been weighing in on what I will term "What Whitney meant to me." Whitney…
In this election cycle, for the first time in my adult life, family planning issues are front and center. I never expected contraception to be part of the political discourse, especially contraception practiced by a married couple. I can't think of a…
These past couple of days, there has been a firestorm of reaction to the new recommendations just released from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force about mammography and breast health.
Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of 9/11. I heard Rudy Giuliani last night on CNN' s Anderson Cooper's 360 show. Giuliani, who was mayor of New York City that day, called it the "worst day and the best day." The worst is obvious. But the best…
My mother died on March 25. It's just now that my siblings and I are going though her belongings. She told us we couldn't begin sorting it until after she died. Box upon box has been in storage while she was in long term care. And I do mean boxes.