Theresa Fisher

The past few years have seen a mounting public health campaign against sitting down, aka "the new smoking." Remaining sedentary for large chunks of the day, research shows, corresponds to chronic orthopedic problems, poor cardiovascular health and…

LeBron James has earned immense fame for how he carries himself on the court. He's also earned some fame, but much less praise, for how he talks about himself in interviews. The 6-foot-8-inch Cleveland Cavalier speaks in the third person, a tendency…

Every subway car has one: the wary rider who leans on the door or assumes a wide stance to avoid direct contact with any subway surfaces. In one sense, who can blame them? Upon first (or 5,000th) glance, the New York City subway might seem like the…

If the lunch-hour rush raises any important existential question, it might be: What is salad?  The etymology of the word is simple enough: Salad comes from sal, the Latin word for salt. Originally, food historians believe, salad referred to raw…

Sometimes it seems like dogs get us, and our fluctuating moods, better than members of our own species. But we're just projecting a heightened level of emotional intelligence onto our canine companions, right? Not necessarily. A study published…

There are more than 1,000 people in Karen's online genital herpes support group. Karen, a 40-something woman from Louisville, Kentucky, got herpes about four years ago from an unfaithful boyfriend who unwittingly passed it on. Karen isn't her real…

On Jan. 18, 2011, Misha Kessler opened the window of his dorm room at George Washington University, where he was a sophomore, climbed onto the window ledge and prepared to jump into the winter night. Kessler had been dealing with anxiety and other…

After a few hours of stilted small talk and stand-up comedy, Geoff Hamilton parted ways with his date. It was a Friday night in New York City in August 2007. Hamilton, then a 21-year-old rising senior at Princeton University, had wrapped up his…

With dating comes dating advice, sometimes unsolicited and often contradictory. Text. Don't text. Text only when texted. Who knows. But if there's anything that really does boost dating success, it's the ability to make 'em laugh. Sense of humor…