“I went from a sedentary desk job, maybe 3k steps a day if I am lucky, to a week-long trip to Lisbon walking over 10k steps a day on steep inclines, uneven surfaces, slippery cobblestone tiles,” wrote ...

When my daughter was only 5 weeks old, she stopped breathing in my arms. After a panicked drive to the emergency room, she tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common respiratory ...

I languidly watch the nurse start my IV iron drip. After what felt like a lifetime of pregnancies (three babies in four years), I snuggle into my bed, finally able to relax. I did it. My beautiful ...

When my mother was dying, a private, for-profit hospice agency failed her — the assigned nurse was late for the first visit because of a staffing shortage. My mother suffered in misery without pain ...