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...
Tinder is back in the news today with a recent report saying the app is directly related to a syphilis boom. First Rhode Island blamed the app and its pal, Grindr, for a 79 percent...
Syria is home to one of the finest olive oil soap factories in the world. In fact, Aleppo is a popular type of handmade soap that is created from only three ingredients. This all-natural soap...
Coffee! See, just typing it energizes me. I love coffee -- for its own sake, and for the perk it gives me in the morning or late afternoons. I love it plain (black), espresso, frozen,...
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...
Many activists are fighting to legalize medical marijuana. This plant could help so many people. We need to make it legal across the country.
Since Colorado and other states are legalizing it, their rates of drug...
One of the key components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the guarantee that women would be able to obtain contraceptive care without having to pay for it. Recognizing that pregnancy and birth cost far more than...
Now that winter is swinging into full effect, one Buffalo, N.Y., church is making sure everyone in its community is staying warm by converting an old school bus into a clothing pantry, offering hats, gloves,...
If you've been at all paying attention the past year, you know the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue doesn't really care much about us--unless we're rich, or part of the 34 percent still holding...
Erick Scott is an Iraq war veteran who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). After faithfully serving his country, he returned home with nightmares filled with death and pain. He says he often regrets...
When we have a loved one that is terminally ill, it's hard to watch them go into hospice care.
One Texas hospice care company made the experience even worse. According to the FBI, 34-year-old accountant Brad...
On Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow landed an interview with the Kellyanne Conway, the newest campaign manager for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. The two spoke for almost the entirety of Maddow's show, and...
First off, empathy is the ability to put yourself in other people's shoes and understand their feelings. This is different from sympathy, which is feeling pity or sadness over someone else's bad situations. Empathy is...
Most of the world has heard of popular author J.K Rowling, who penned the best-selling Harry Potter series. The seven-book series catapulted to the top of best-seller lists and has since been transformed into a...
Here at Liberal America, we write about McDonald's often. Unfortunately, it's usually not favorable. As educated liberals, we're not generally fans of fast food in the first place. Throw in their low wages and unfair...
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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...
CNN has cancelled the long-running Dr. Drew On Call show just one week after Dr. Drew Pinsky made comments about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's health. The six-year-old show will air for the last time...
If there is anything the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic fiasco has exposed, it's our societal inequities.
When it comes to public health, the most obvious inequity lies in the reality that we spend the most money on healthcare--20%...
Diet books aren't a new fad. They've been around for ages. Though the specific methods have changed drastically, the intent stated in all of them is the same: to be a trimmer, healthier human being....
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...
