Some say it matters to patients that physicians practice what they preach. But heft and ill health aren’t always synonymous.

As a registered dietitian, Sharon Salomon of Phoenix teaches clients how to eat right and lose weight. But despite her expertise, Salomon says there’s just one word to describe her own physique: “fat.” To some, Salomon’s 5-foot-2, 170-pound body would be a professional deal-breaker. After all, are chubby dietitians or portly physicians in any position to advise others how to get healthy?

He helped retrieve a corpse from a lake, saw dozens of cadavers in medical school and has been there when ‘patients’ became ‘bodies,’ but he never became numb to death’s pain.

The first time I saw a dead body I was groping around in the dark in 125 feet of water looking for a drowning victim. A few members of my diving club had volunteered to help the grieving family find her: Collectively, we had enough brashness coupled with the insouciance of ignorance to go looking for this poor soul after the sheriff’s divers said it was too dangerous at that depth. That’s testosterone at work for you.

Doing good for others has mental and physical health benefits, researchers say.

For more than 20 years, Penny and Ted Landreth have been feeding the hungry and homeless. It’s not glamorous work. Afternoons, they — along with a small but formidable group of volunteers — prepare dinner using whatever food donations they happen to have on hand. The couple then head for the corner of Romaine Street and Sycamore Avenue in Los Angeles, where up to 150 men and women wait for what may be their only meal of the day.

My 88-year-old husband was prescribed Ambien for insomnia. After the first dose, he fell while getting up to go to the bathroom, gashed his head and had to go to the emergency room for stitches. A year later, I gave him a half-dose (again prescribed), and within minutes, his legs collapsed on him. I had the hardest time getting him into bed. Ambien? Never again!

A Canadian report finds that postings on the social media site can trigger escalating feelings of jealousy between romantically involved individuals.

Never mind the perils of cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying and posting photos that could endanger your future job prospects: Facebook could be ruining your relationship and driving you toward compulsively jealous behavior.

“Royal Pains”

Migraines lessen or disappear after the surgery, but doctors wonder whether the results would hold true for the larger population.

Looking for another reason why you “need” a forehead lift? The surgery seems to eliminate or reduce pain of migraines.

As night fell in Canmore, Canada, in July 2008, Downey’s Tinker Juarez was well on his way to his second straight 24 Hours of Adrenalin solo mountain-bike world championship when he was felled by his only real rival: a piece of mud. Suddenly unable to see, his eye painfully swelling shut when he tried to remove the grit, the 1996 Olympian was forced to withdraw while he still led the race. “I’ll have clear-lens glasses on next time,” he said later.

Develop strong, sculpted back muscles and firm buttock and thigh muscles by incorporating this move into your daily fitness routine. When you first start practicing this exercise, don’t expect to lift your arms and legs very high. But even raising them just a few inches is beneficial.

Plaintiffs say they were forced to work extra at the psychiatric facility with no overtime pay. The suit also alleges unsanitary conditions.

Former employees of Aurora Las Encinas Hospital, a private psychiatric facility in Pasadena, filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against the owner alleging that chronic understaffing has compromised patient care.