It was a great story, seemingly headed for a very happy ending. But the NCAA Women's Volleyball Final Four, headed to Tampa this week, must go on without Stanford University's 6-foot-3 senior middle blocker Janet Okogbaa. At Berkeley Prep, she became one of the most decorated prep players in Hillsborough County history. ...more

December 14, 2009

Where'd they go? I'm speaking of the 50 years since my high school graduation. In many ways it seems like only yesterday. At the recent reunion of the Speedway High School, Class of '59, I had no trouble identifying everyone, even without the very large nametags - containing our senior photos - that the committee had prepared for us. My companion for the evening was very surprised (shocked?) at the way I looked back then. I think he might take back his assessment of my inability to write a book entitled, "Beauty Tips for the Really Ugly." ...more

October 28, 2009

As police investigate Michael Jackson's sudden death, questions swirl around the King of Pop's cardiologist and his actions in Jackson's final days. ...more

June 28, 2009

Two area physicians, Dr. Abdur Rahim and Dr. Hayath Javeed, credit the Hajj, the pilgrimage to the holiest place of Islam, with deepening their spiritual lives. ...more

December 30, 2008

Even if we pay a little more for pecans this year, these and other nourishing power foods are worth the extra pennies. ...more

December 20, 2008

perhaps unfairly - gets a rap for being rife with unhealthy food choices. Yet research shows that the region's native grape may be one of the most nutritious snacks around. The muscadine offers as many, if not more, nutritional benefits as noni, acai, pomegranate and all the other so-called "wonder fruits" people try to wrestle into their diets. ...more

November 15, 2008

Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside. ...more

November 12, 2008

People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. ...more

November 10, 2008

People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease dramatically lowered their chances of dying or having a heart attack if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. ...more

November 9, 2008

These days, one might not guess that Kiran Patel was ever involved in health insurance. ...more

October 26, 2008