How appropriate that I find myself driving to a lecture by Ken Cook, co-founder of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), days after Forbes announces that Atlanta is the most toxic city in the United States. Atlanta, a city I have called home for nearly 30 years. The Event was hosted by Emory Unive... [More]

Forbes named the country's most toxic cities this week. I live in a suburb of Atlanta—the city that tops the list! Living in a city with this distinction got me thinking about what each of us can do to tackle these everyday toxicities, especially when moving to a cleaner city isn’t ... [More]

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, with nearly 1,000,000 people suffering heart attacks and 795,000 suffering strokes annually, of which about 144,000 are fatal. Even the survivors are often left with debilitating conditions or expensive surgical interventi... [More]