Whitney Caudill

Associate Dean, Manchester University & Blogger, It is pretty.

Because celiac disease affects crucial parts of living -- like eating and taking medication -- it is important that everyone understand a few basic things about celiac disease.

Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D

President, Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute

We must develop a system that provides for a reimbursement model that allows a physician to make a decent living providing personalized preventive care to their patients.

Ellen Dolgen

Author, 'Shmirshky: The Pursuit of Hormone Happiness'

When it comes to matters of health, a good offense is always the best defense. So treat your cervix to regular screenings. Tell your daughters to do the same. It only takes minutes -- but it can gain you years of health and happiness.

Dr. Joseph Mercola

Physician and author

Muscle soreness following a vigorous workout is sometimes managed by stretching, practicing yoga, soaking in a hot bath and simply suffering through. But who wants to suffer?

David Willey

Senior Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, 'Runner’s World' magazine; General Manager, Rodale’s Active Living Group

"Reply All" was how we began to account for one another when our world blew up on Boylston Street. Nothing has quite felt normal ever since. And I've learned that it's possible to be haunted by what didn't happen, obsessed by what might've been.

Julie Jensen

Wife, mother, digital media veteran, stroke survivor

I'm sure I'd still be searching for fulfillment if I didn't receive a wake-up call on Sept. 30, 2004. I was 26 when I was wheeled into the ER and a nurse asked if I knew what was happening. "I think I had a stroke," I muttered. "Ma'am, you are HAVING a stroke."

Dr. Wei-Shin Lai

Family physician and inventor of SleepPhones

Your brain is very sensitive to light. Based on light wavelength exposure, the brain's pineal gland will decrease or increase melatonin production. That's what sets your circadian rhythm and influences all normal bodily cycles throughout the day and night.

Mandana Arabi, M.D., Ph.D

Founding Executive Director, The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science

All signs point to a growing public interest in the possible benefits of prebiotics and probiotics in digestive health and beyond. However, science has to lead the way to ensure sound evidence is the basis for introduction of interventions for public health and new products in the marketplace.

Josh Golin

Associate Director, Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood

Systemic change will not happen until we address the vast sums of money and resources corporations like McDonald's spend each year to undermine parents' efforts to instill healthy eating habits in their children.

Kathleen Trotter

Personal Trainer

One method of setting yourself up for success is to find a health buddy to help you stay motivated and accountable. I suggest to my clients that they get a gym buddy, an accountability buddy, and/or a nutrition buddy. Plus, a gym buddy can make working out more fun.

Eva Moon

Performance artist, writer

While Angelina Jolie may have more advantages than most of us, the biggest advantage she had was not money, but access to people who provided her with good information about her options.

Gail Becker

Chair, Canada, Latin America & U.S. Western Region, Edelman

The best career advice I ever received also turned out to be my own best measurement of personal success: "Get out of your comfort zone."

JJ Virgin

Fitness/Nutrition Expert, Author of NY Times Bestseller The Virgin Diet.

Fortunately, no one is doomed to remain apple-shaped. These seven strategies help balance your blood sugar and optimize fat-burning hormones to make you lean, muscular, and healthy.

Dr. Gail Gross

Family & Child Expert, Educator, Author. Ph.D. Ed.D.

Everything we learn, everything we read, everything we do, everything we understand and everything we experience counts on the hippocampus to function correctly. When the body endures ongoing stress, our ability to learn is impaired.

Alan E. Guttmacher

Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Right now, many dads and moms eagerly are awaiting the birth of their babies. Parents worry about enough things during pregnancy -- avoidable risks shouldn't be among them.

David Katz, M.D.

Director, Yale Prevention Research Center

There are, I think, two dilemmas that complicate the reconciliation of wanting what we have and having what we want. Let's refer to them as the "night on call" conundrum, and the "wrinkle in time" fallacy.

Robert David Jaffee

Author, journalist and mental health activist

Mental illness, like Hamlet, who may or may not be the only sane person in the play, is mysterious and paradoxical. And psychosis works the way nightmares do, by metaphor and symbolism. Delusions often stand in for something else.