Patients often complain about rushed doctor visits and, of course, the cost of medical services. But a number of studies in recent years highlight a different concern: whether as a patient you actuall

Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the renowned Stress Reduction Clinic at the Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, discusses how the technique of mindfulness can be physically and mentally therapeutic. T

In a country as wealthy as the United States, working poor should be a contradiction in terms. But tens of millions of Americans fall into that category, affecting a growing population of children.

In this provocative profile of David Allen, we hear the sounds of communications technology coming at us, and later we stroll through the peaceful garden in Ojai, California where for him time disapp

How can we deal with the modern sense of feeling overloaded? It is emerging as a broad social problem that takes its toll on both work and home lifeand can impinge on our ability to function with per

Christal Presley, an English teacher in Virginia who experienced secondary trauma in response to the extreme behavior of her father, a Vietnam-era veteran with PTSD, tells how the family began a jou

Because laughter is surely good medicine, we visit with professional comedians who are also cancer survivors, as well as a top surgeon at New Yorks renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, to

A Harvard medical professor tells the story of how he united with a Soviet cardiologist to launch a physicians movement to end nuclear war that recruited 150,000 doctors worldwide and won the Nobel Pe

Its been said that weve learned how to speak but not necessarily how to communicate. Rarely are we taught the art of deep listening or how to respond to someone without accusation or blame or the ab

Geoffrey Canada designated a crime-ridden 24-block area of New York as the Harlem Childrens Zone and works tirelessly to provide a healthier community for kids who are otherwise vulnerable to develop