Earlier this week, Blue Bell Creameries recalled all of its products after its ice cream was linked to a listeria outbreak that has killed three people and sickened seven others. Now comes word from the...
As the senior senator of one of the several states hit hardest by the heroin epidemic, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) knows the harsh realities addiction to this drug brings. Rather than fighting the problem with the...
California will now approve organ donors and allow transplants between HIV positive individuals, according to Medical Daily. Governor Jerry Brown signed the Senate Bill 1408, which will stop doctors and medical professionals from being penalized...
Yes, ladies: you can finally buy tampons and pads in Chicago without paying extra fees. Chicago (among other places) has had a luxury tax on these items for years. Currently, the sales tax on them...
We have been seeing ads about men's junk and sexuality for years. There are commercials for erectile dysfunction drugs (Viagra, Cialis, and others). At long last, we have a pill for women suffering from sexual...
There is a new little blue pill in town. Just as Viagra changed the landscape of American culture there is a possibility that this new drug may be more revolutionary and depending upon where you...
Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia is gifting new moms with baby boxes.
Good Housekeeping reports that the boxes retail between $80-$100 each. The research team believes the boxes can help break the cycle of parents co-sleeping with...
Australian model Meaghan Kausman, 23, is a natural beauty. While she knows that companies do use Photoshop to enhance photos and eliminate some "flaws," she was shocked when Fella Swim -- an Australian swimwear company...
Karma is a lovely thing. For instance, had Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli not been brazen enough to gouge the prices of not one, but two critical drugs, we would have never known that he was...
Since President-elect Donald Trump wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women will likely lose access to free contraceptives. Many women are rushing to get intra-uterine devices (IUDs), or they are stocking up on...
I haven't written in a couple of weeks, so I decided to tell you why.
I have an illness. You can't see it. It doesn't cause me to be in a wheelchair or have a...
Many years ago, I read a news story about a man who left his children?in the car with the windows rolled up so that he could go look for mushrooms in the woods. Both were...
We all know the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, is a horrible man. He has said hateful things about every group imaginable. Many experts have said that he has some kind of disorder.
Now, a Congresswoman said that...
In the 1960's,?anti-drug commercials, movies, and short films suddenly seemed to pop up everywhere. ?The problem with that is that, with only a couple of exceptions, most of these PSA-style films became instant classics because...
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I've never been a fan of Dr. Oz. (Surprise! The fact-hunting skeptic doesn't like the snake oil salesman.) So, imagine my delight when I opened my browser this morning and found the current...
In 2011 the Huffington Post reported that 12.7-million people discover they have cancer each year. Also, an additional 7.6-million people die from cancer each year. Unfortunately, the numbers increase each year, and these numbers represent...
If you are a poor person in the United States, I have some bad news: Where you live will shape when you die. A new study by the Health Inequality Project has found that while rich people...
In the midst of our nation's commercialized food system, a small family farm fights for a sustainable future by growing food, growing relationships and growing communities.
Flo Matheson, a candidate for Congress in Tennessee, has spoken out before about legalizing marijuana. However, she is now in some related legal trouble; she was caught with 180 marijuana plants on her property.
She denies...
The Duchess of Cambridge herself, Kate Middleton, has been outspoken about mental illness. She appeared on a new podcast to talk about mental health. She said:
"No parent would fail to call the doctor if their...
