Holly B. Clegg

Author of the trim&TERRIFIC® cookbook series and specialized diabetic and cancer cookbooks

Although a variety of foods are always important, there are certain vitamins and nutrients that specifically help prevent inflammation and ease the symptoms of arthritis.

Robert Klitzman, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program, Columbia University; author, 'Am I My Genes?'

Angelina Jolie's openness about her decision to undergo mastectomies because of the BRCA1 mutation can help inspire countless women to face this difficult decision. Yet several obstacles exist that deserve attention, concerning doctors and costs of testing.

Lynn R. Goldman

Dean, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

The truth is that from the college campus to the workplace, we are all members of a national and increasingly global community. We must all learn the signs of depression and other mental disorders and reach out to someone in trouble.

Ken Page

Psychotherapist and author, upcoming "Deeper Dating" (Shambhala, 2014)

If we can name our own awkward, ardent gifts, and extricate them from the shame and wounds that keep them buried, we'll find ourselves on a bullet train to deep, surprising, life-changing intimacy.

Nicole Glassman

Holistic Nutritionist, Founder of Mindful Health

We can choose to let fear be a noose around our neck, holding our breath through life. We can choose to hold onto what we believe we can control, saying no to experiences that may seem risky. We can choose to be satisfied, but less than passionate. Or we can choose to cut the cord.

Tom Frieden, MD, MPH and Pamela Hyde

Research has shown us that intervening early at the individual, family, and community level can delay or prevent the on-set of mental and substance use disorders. We also know that these can be treated, and individuals with these conditions can lead healthy productive lives.

Mirabai Holland

Boomer fitness guru, creator, Moving Free® Technique

I've seen it time and time again: determined beginners pushing so hard and either getting hurt and quitting or just quitting because they couldn't take it any more.

Jennifer Merschdorf

Chief Executive Officer, Young Survival Coalition

I hope all of us use this news as an opportunity to encourage people to learn and ask questions about their own family cancer history and raise awareness that young women can and do get breast cancer.

Ben Greenfield

Fitness and Triathlon expert; Get-Fit Guy podcast host

Growing up, many of our parents would demand that we sit up and stop slouching, for no other reason than it might make us look bad. But there are so many other elements to the importance of posture, elements that are affecting millions of us every day

Alan G. Kraut

Executive director, Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C.

PE, CPT and similar treatment programs are relatively short-term, and have proven effective in a variety of settings. And studies suggest that providing these treatments for PTSD result in reduced health-care costs. So why aren't they being commonly delivered to the people who need them?

Sylvia E. Meléndez-Klinger

Registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, nutritional consultant and founder of Hispanic Food Communications

As a dietitian, let me share a few basic principles of health and nutrition I have learned and practiced not only with my patients but with my own family. I have compiled a few tips to help you make smart choices when trying to eat balanced meals while on the run.

Stanton Peele

Addiction expert

The ideal image many people had of the genome as a straightforward template that stamps out human beings in a predictable way was, and is, a fantasy. And this is nowhere more evident than in the case of human personality traits and mental illness.

Elizabeth Swisher, M.D.

Medical Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Washington

I admire Angelina for taking the unselfish view that she will do whatever it takes to be sure she will be around to parent her children. And I commend Angelina for making her decision public and thereby supporting other women who face an increased cancer risk.

Liane Kupferberg Carter

Columnist for Autism After 16

So why does this myth that autistic people lack empathy persist? The reasons are complicated -- a convergence of media, popular culture, and ignorance.

Lillian Medville

Blogger, Lillian's Test Kitchen

Do you know how much work goes into getting our food to us? Farm to table? So much more work than I realized and still more than I know. That's how much.

David Katz, M.D.

Director, Yale Prevention Research Center

As a culture, we are drowning in calories of mostly very dubious quality, and drowning in an excess of labor-saving technology. I have compared obesity to drowning before, but want to dive more deeply today into the implications for fixing what ails us.

Barbara Ficarra

Journalist; Founder, Healthin30.com; Media broadcaster

Do we all have the power of empathy? Are we hardwired to know what other people want? Is it easy to think about other people's thoughts?