The next time you are confronted by a chronic or life-threatening disease, take charge–it’s your challenge, after all! Harvard educated physician and author MELISSA CLARKE, M.D., describes benefits of becoming an “empowered healthcare consumer” rather than the traditional “passive and submissive patient.” Take up the battle, don’t give in! Learn how to partner with your healthcare provider, seek out support groups and alternative opinions, actively participate in recovery and retain final say over treatment. Host ROY RICHARDS presents the “Ten Commandments of Midlife Renewal.”