Fern Cohen

This is a guide to places and organizations where you can give the greatest gift to those less fortunate this Christmas season. The gift of yourself, and the donation of time can be invaluable, and won't empty your wallet.

The new book, "Practically Posh" by Robyn Moreno, shows the 20-something girl how to live on her own in the not-so-self-centered, post-Al-Gore, millennium

If looking at a map of New York City's Subway system makes you want to just hail a taxi, this guide should ease your anxiety and let you experience the cheapest and quickest way to see the city.

Long Island is known for ocean beaches and the Hamptons, playground of the rich and famous. But Long Island is a wonderful land of wineries, and a rich history, which comes alive in places like Sag Harbor and Shelter Island.

As a border between Canada and the United States, the area around Lake Ontario is full of historic sites, where you can experience a glorious past of war fortifications, and a rich legacy of shipping commerce

NYC dogs need a space where they can run free and unleashed. NYC has over 100 parks where you can bring your dog to run, play, and socialize while unleashed.

Living in NYC is expensive enough. But even in one of the highest-priced cities in the world, there are places to buy discount home decor. Here is a guide to some of the best places you never heard of..

Tazo teas are great iced. But mixing two flavors or mixing in fruit juice can make some exciting new flavors

Tanka Bars are made from buffalo and cranberries and produced by Lakota Indians. How do they stack up against the other energy bars?

With more new moms going "green" these days, many are going back to the 1960s and using cloth diapers. While this means dirty diapers will lay around longer, there are ways to eliminate the odor without ruining the environment or harming baby.

Here is a comparison of a few of the sunscreens in the Banana Boat product line. It should help in your decision when purchasing the right Banana Boat sunscreen for the upcoming summer in the sun.

Baby boomers with disabilities increasingly prefer "aging in place". But how do you balance dependence vs. independence, while saving family relationships from resentment, guilt, and anger?

What songs should you play at your Fourth of July barbecue? This is the year we could see big changes in our country. Why not celebrate July Fourth with our greatest tradition: the freedom to criticize the country we love?

Katie Couric, Charles Gibson, and Brian Williams announced this morning that NBC,ABC, and CBS have launched "Stand Up To Cancer", a multi-faceted campaign to raise funds for cancer research.

Macy's Fireworks show is a July 4th tradition. If you know what to expect, and the best places to view them, you will enjoy a spectacular show!!

A guide to the best places in Manhattan, New York City for hip hop dance classes on all levels, whether for fun or serious study.

Some classic and contemporary cocktails made with gin, to serve at your Fourth of July party..

Some of the best tequila cocktails for your midsummer celebration

The technology company AI Squared has rolled out its updated version 9.1 of ZoomText. This program makes life easier for people with visual impairments, or people with disabilities who suffer fatigue from reading small fonts.

Dr. Mehmet C. Oz and Dr. Michael C. Roizen have written an updated edition of "You The Owners Manual" which teaches changes we can make to turn back the clock.

An overview of the application for Social Security Disability. The process can seem intimidating. But preparing the right information and documentation in advance, can help it go more smoothly, and increase chances of approval.

With many museums, shops, museums, parks, and hotels within blocks of each other, getting around is easy for a person with a disability, even if you are wheelchair-bound, NYC is very accessible and barrier-free.

May 1, or May Day is celebrated around the world as a celebration of labor, but dancing around the maypole has Pagan origins.

Do you google yourself? You may not admit it, but most people do. Is there someone out there with your identical name?

Would you want to live to 150 if you could? You might say yes, but think carefully!

They have devised a way to freeze people upon death and thaw them out when a cure can be found for what killed them.

Do you jave a friend who is seriously ill, maybe even dying?? Isolation and loneliness adds to the battle.

The romantic comedy "Definitely, Maybe" proved better than expected. It brought me back to another era when we looked for change.

The direct victims of a campus shooting are not the only ones hurt. The fallout reaches further than we realize.

My dad turned 80 this month. It all made me think of the things he experienced in his life. He was a child of the Great Depression, young man of the WWII era, dad of the 50s,60s,70s and 80s, and finally grandfather of the new millennium.

A diagnosis of a chronic or fatal disease can be devastating. More painful still are the people around us, who often see us as nothing more than a disease, with a set of symptoms.

The semester before I graduated from college, when a good-night's sleep mattered most, I found myself rooming with the dorm hooker. Roused out of my sleep every night to orgasmic sound-effects, it wasn't my best school term.

Some of the best opportunities out there are available through community service and volunteering for a worthy cause. Although you won't get paid in money, the payoff is invaluable. Volunteer work can help you get into college, ain employment, or expand your social circle.

Robin Roberts of Good Morning America talks to womem with breast cancer in the Islamic world and discovers a world of mystery, surrounding the disease.

The new fall TV show "journeyman" takes on elements of "The Time Machine", "Back to the Future" and "Quantum Leap" to fulfill everybody's secret fantasy of going back to our pasts to change the outcomes of our present and future.

The new fall TV show "Kid Nation" has sparked controversy before it even premiered. But there is a lot we can all learn from these 40 kids.

Every summer, New York City's SummerStage Festival presents performances by contemporary, traditional, and emerging artists in the fields of music, dance, and other genres.

We can fight the damaging effects of free radicals by drinking Pom Wonderful® pomegranate juice. Since free radical damage has been linked to cancer and other diseases, drinking pomegranate juice can combat these devastating illnesses.

Most visitors to New York City head to Broadway, Times Square and Fifth Avenue. But to get the real history and culture of the city, hop on a subway train and check out Downtown -- Greenwich Village, SoHo, the Lower Eat Side, Chinatown and Tribeca.

Newscaster Bob Woodruff suffered a traumatic brain injury from a bomb blast, while on assignment in Iraq. He is back to tell his story, and to speak out for the Iraq War veterans with traumatic brain injury, who are not getting the care they need to recover.

I will show you how you can whip up a lasagna with your own signature touches and minimal effort.

Three years ago, I received a devastating diagnosis; I had ALS, a disabling neuromuscular disease which could kill me in 2-5 years, and for which there is no cure.

Fern Cohen, from Queens, NY is a rabbit fosterer. In January, 2004 she was diagnosed with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease. Penny, her gray dwarf rabbit was her consolation during this difficult time

I walked into my inner-city high school French One class, and started out by distributing textbooks, with the suggestion to "look through them while I finish giving them out".