It's been a busy week for the anti-vaxx crowd. This is their moment -- it seems that the whole nation is focused on them. I've heard the argument, and I see some of their points,...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Monday that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will cost $1.35 trillion, which is 20 percent less than what they originally expected. This is nearly 33 percent...
A quick perusal of the 12-step recovery program of Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous reveals a sobering reality to the addict who doesn't have a Higher Power to speak of. The reality is that half of...
Women, steam your body...
Gwyneth Paltrow has posted on her GOOP website that she regularly steam cleans her vagina. Yes, you read that right. She also encourages other women to do this as well. Let that...
Last night, I told you that the obituary for Colleen McCullough that ran in Friday's edition of The Australian was arguably one of the most sexist items ever to appear in a newspaper. Whoever wrote...
Rhett Krawit has spent more than half of his life battling leukemia. He's now six years old, and is in remission. While he's doing okay so far, his parents to make sure he stays that...
Antibiotic resistance has been in the works starting from the day Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin in 1928 ? microorganisms have been onto it, learning how to fool the more than one hundred different compounds scientist...
One of the most gut-wrenching aspects of the recent measles outbreak on the West Coast is that a large number of those who have been sickened are too young to be vaccinated. Medical experts say...
Editor's note: Liberal America's official position on vaccines is that we want kids to be vaccinated. We will, however, allow our writers to present information so that we're all a little more aware of diverse...
Late last week, I mentioned that a major measles outbreak has been traced to Disney's theme parks in Anaheim. Well, as of yesterday, a total of 42 measles cases in California have been linked to...
More than 10 years ago, a North Carolina man was pronounced dead and locked in the morgue--but it turned out he was still alive. This weekend, the state industrial commission awarded the man and his...
Experts are clear about how seedless watermelons are produced, but some disagreement arises when considering how to categorize the genetic mules. Is a seedless watermelon a?GMO, a hybrid, or something else altogether? There?is some?disagreement on...
Public health officials in California now confirm that a major measles outbreak linked to Disney's theme parks near Anaheim has sickened 32 people in four states. It is believed to be the largest outbreak from...
Like most people, I've found that it's depressing to set New Year's Resolutions. We tend to set our goals too high and end up feeling like LOSERS. What I've found, however, is that by setting...
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Being happy. It'seems like such an easy thing to do. So why is it that so many of us find ourselves saying "I'm just not happy"?
The biggest reason people are unhappy is because...
In such a technologically savvy world, text messaging has become a faceted form of communication, and now it may have found a home in medicine. Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School...
My mom has been a big fan of Doctor Oz for some time--at least since he got his own show in 2009, if not longer. It's pretty easy to see why--Mehmet Oz' stock in trade...
Recently the Brazilian Bumbum competition winner, model Indianara Carvalho, announced she would be restoring her virginity with surgery. The controversial procedure is said to restore a woman's hymen and restore her to a ?virginal tightness?
"The...
Crystal Deans was a dancer for three years until she began to feel really bad about herself and it became something she "didn't really wanna do anymore." Now? She helps Christian women get into shape...
An awesome new comic is on the horizon, dawning (hopefully) an era of a new kind of superhero.
Illustrated by Dan Goldman and co-written by Ram Devinenin and Vikas K. Menon, Priya's Shakti is a comic...
