Stress: It's Sickening. Really.

In the high-pressure environs of Bethesda, the ‘plague’ of our generation is claiming plenty of victims

By Stacy Colino

It Takes a Village

The aging in place movement is gaining momentum as communities throughout Montgomery County band together to help elderly neighbors

By Archana Pyati

Breath of Hope

What happens when a woman is diagnosed with a rare lung disease and given a short time to live? Sometimes, life happens

By Rita Rubin

iHeal

For soldiers dealing with PTSD and other issues, the military has endorsed a novel treatment: a form of mindful meditation known as iRest

By Archana Pyati

Cosmetic Changes

More and more people want younger, fresher looking skin. What they don’t want is to go under the knife.

There's a Doctor in the House

It’s a new-old idea: Physicians who don’t make you come to them—they come to you

By Rita Rubin

Food Fix

Can’t get no satisfaction? One cupcake doesn’t do it anymore? Increasing evidence suggests: YOU MAY BE AN ADDICT

By Stacey Colino

Sweet Success

How a local addiction expert controls his sugar habit

By Leah Ariniello

The Cult of CrossFit

Some of its practitioners freely admit: They’re obsessed with this fitness program, which features an intense workout, its own vocabulary and even a Paleo diet. Some critics worry, though, that it takes things too far.

By Amy Reinink

Winged Victory

A North Potomac woman wrests meaning from a devastating loss

By Meredith Carlson Daly

Home Delivery

When it comes to giving birth, some say there’s no place like home

By Rita Rubin

Teal for Life

A Bethesda woman handles a terrifying ordeal—five cancer diagnoses in six years—with courage...and polish

By Susannah Zak Figura

Pay Attention

How a local therapist successfully manages her son’s ADHD—and her own

By Leah Ariniello

Snooze Alarm

Sleep disorders are on the rise—and the consequences can be deadly

By Stacey Colino

The Lyme Labyrinth

An encounter with the tick-borne disease becomes a trip down the rabbit hole, where even doctors can’t agree on what’s what

By Joanne Meszoly

Boytox

When it comes to cosmetic procedures, more and more men are crossing the lines

By Rita Rubin

Vision Quest

Life can be hard enough when you’re a teenager. Imagine what it’s like when you have to struggle to see

By Maura Kelly Lannan

The Shots Felt Around the World

How two Bethesda scientists’ collaboration led to the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer

By Rita Rubin

Dispatch from the Sandwich Generation

On feeling spread too thin

By Desirée Magney

House Detectives

At NIH, a highly specialized team takes on the cases other doctors can’t solve. Think Sherlock Holmes meets TV’s Dr. Gregory House—minus the obnoxious ’tude

By Rita Rubin

The Diagnostic Diet

Frequent ear infections? Behavioral issues? Attention problems? Nutritionist Kelly Dorfman believes the way to your child’s health is through his stomach

By Stacey Colino

The Parent Trap

Meet members of the sandwich generation: raising children, dealing with elderly parents—and sometimes feeling as if they’ve bitten off more than they can chew

By Marilyn Werber Serafini

Working Out of the House

For most of us, a home gym means a treadmill, a few weights and a TV stuck in a basement that we visit rarely (if at all). But for some, a home gym is a source of inspiration.

By Jenny Rough

The SAD Season

One woman’s journey into the light

By Jenny Rough

The Perfect "Figure"

Bethesda’s Nancy Accetta will starve herself and train her body beyond the limits of normal endurance—all in a quest to achieve the physical perfection prized in the sport termed ‘bodybuilding lite’

By Dana Scarton