Between 2010 and 2012, the maternal death rate in Texas nearly doubled, and researchers are not sure why.
In 2011, the state drastically reduced their family planning budget. They also have super strict abortion laws, so...
The crazy anti-vaccination activists have struck again. Arizona is having the worst measles outbreak this year. There have been 22 new cases since late May. The outbreak is at the Eloy Detention Center, a privately-run...
The Republican Party has tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Barack Obama's healthcare bill. Last night, the GOP-run Congress introduced their plan to "replace" the ACA, the American Health Care Act (AHCA)....
Model Chrissy Teigen, perhaps best known for being on the legendary 50th Anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue,?recently confessed that even the most physically flawless women in the world are subjected to body-shaming.
In an interview with...
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...
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...
The House is set to vote on the Obamacare replacement bill later today. But a series of sobering independent studies from think tanks across the country should give our Representatives pause before they cast their votes to make...
A study conducted by researchers at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) suggests that cancer cells actually spread throughout the body when antioxidants have been administered. The researchers state that pro-oxidants should be...
Little Vinnie's Tattoos in Finksburg, Maryland offers the gamut of ?tattoo designs, but people come from all over the world for one special tattoo: the "Vinnie," a special three-dimensional nipple tattoo by owner Vinnie Myers....
Florida voters will have the chance to let more people have medical marijuana available to more people this November. Up for the referendum is an Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana...
As nearly a dozen states are either contemplating or have decided to lift mask mandates, it's time to consider something that has gotten little consideration in the press these past two years.
As the second anniversary...
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...
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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...
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...
When we have children, we imagine the life that lies ahead of them. We imagine who they will become, what life they will live, and the future accomplishments they will achieve. We never imagine that...
These days women’s bodies are a battlefield. From legislation about abortion to the threat of defunding Planned Parenthood it seems like women can’t catch a break. That’s where Bloody Marys come in. We’re not talking...
A writer for the website TopThings2Know wrote a list entitled "7 Things You Can't See About My Life With Mental Illness." Today, I would like to provide my own take on these points. Since it...
In 2014, over 28,600 people died of opiate overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via the Daily Beast.
We actually have an antidote for this, and have for 30 years. There is...
Halloween is here and so is the new Sugar Bomb from Starbucks. It's no secret that I love Starbucks. I think baristas are near godlike with their wizard powers of making my day better just...
We've likely all heard the cliche, "Every cloud has a silver lining."
Triteness aside, like most hackneyed phrases, it bears some truth.
Sometimes it takes a little effort to put a positive spin on unfortunate events, but...
