Bob Condor

Alternative medicine becomes a more obsolete term every month. American researchers are continuing to dig for answers about the effectiveness of so-called alternative therapies such as acupuncture (which has been...

Disco bowling may seem like a novelty to most of us but not to Lisa E. Oliphant. For the recently named executive director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness...

Groundhog Day is next month, but Lynn Ginsburg says lots of us are already experiencing the same-old, same-old this year. That would be the same old story of breaking New...

The laments are common whenever people discuss their college days. "I really didn't learn much that applies to my life now." "I wish I had majored in something else." "There...

There are bigger priorities at the White House, of course, but that doesn't minimize Dr. James S. Gordon's enthusiasm for his official role at the federal government's hub. He is...

It's hard to imagine giving a better holiday gift than a good novel, especially one you have read and savored. My personal choices this season would be either "The House...

UCLA psychiatrist and sex researcher Gail E. Wyatt isn't the least bit afraid to discuss any taboo issue of sexuality. That's apparent from her comments in a December Vibe magazine...

Understandably, the federal government's recent report on obesity gained little media attention. It was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Sept. 12. But that doesn't dilute...

He was right behind the Washington Wizards bench for Michael Jordan's return to pro basketball. Two nights later, it was Game 5 of the World Series. But the rarefied air...

There are 20 million people in this country who are wise enough to do something most of us don't, and Dan Cherkin is one of them. "I get regular massages,"...