After a career as a writer and editor at BusinessWeek, Fortune, the Bergen Record, Institutional Investor magazine, and Crain’s New York Business newspaper, I now write regularly for: The New York Times, Newsday, The Scientist, scientificamerican.com (the Website of Scientific American), portfolio.com, and more. As a senior contributing writer at Institutional Investor, I post a weekly blog on retirement issues for its Website.  In addition, I write reviews for The National of the United Arab Emirates and The New York Journal of Books.

 

cover story, May 2006
“Merck’s Fall from Grace”
page 26

May 2005
“Trust Busting”
page 110

July 2006
“Is a Diet Pill in Your Future?”
page 150

September 25, 2000
“The Boss’s Daughter”
page 27

April 2005
“What’s Wrong with the FDA?”
page 34

Newsday, January 1, 2005
“Boutique Medicine”
page B6

I write on an eclectic range of topics, including the following:

• can the drug industry survive as we know it? (“Is This the Future of Big Pharma?” Institutional Investor, June 2011)

• how much money do charity walks actually bring in? (“The Walk Is Fun, Raising the Money Isn’t,” The New York Times, November 13, 2006)

• can playing video games help kids lose weight? (“Nintendo Oui: Active Video Games May Be As Healthy for Kids As Conventional Play Time,” scientificamerican.com, June 17, 2009)

• why is it so hard for women to retire? (“Greater Obstacles to Retirement for Women,” The New York Times, October 23, 2007 and “When Retirement Is out of Reach,” Newsday, November 24, 2007)

• do diet drugs work? (“Is a Diet Pill in Your Future?” Self, July 2005)

• is the promise of stem-cell research just hype? (“Have Stem Cells Finally Arrived?” Chief Executive, March 2006)

• why are men more willing to use their expense accounts than women? (“When It Comes to Expense Accounts, Why Do Men Get the Gravy?” Working Woman)

 • can hormone treatments or extreme dieting really help you live longer? (“Buying Youth,” Worth, November 2007)

• what do the super-rich do inside their super-secret club?  (“A Club to Discuss Discreetly the Issues of Wealth,” The New York Times,  October 20, 2010)

• what’s with Starbucks’ secret new restaurants? (“Shot in the Arm,” portfolio.com, September 14, 2009)

• yikes! what can you do if your company just cut your 401(k) match? (“Without a Match, Does a 401k Still Add Up?” The New York Times, October 15, 2009)

• has Apple finally discovered eco-awareness? (and if so, what about those iPod batteries?)  (“Green Apple,” portfolio.com. December 18, 2009)