Since the Drug Enforcement Administration was founded in 1973, millions of Americans have been arrested for marijuana offenses, contributing to the country’s bulging prisons. And, while the costs of the government’s war on marijuana... Read More

Midwife Mara Black says, “Women seem to be compassionate in labor. They don’t want to be too noisy, they’re self-conscious—excusing themselves and being apologetic. Sometimes it is hard for them to receive care.” A mother’s... Read More

Two-thirds of the adults in the United States are overweight or obese. The last several decades have seen a major increase in weight-related health problems. The diet industry has boomed right along with the American waistline and yet... Read More

Swallowing is a four-step process that usually happens without conscious thought or deliberate physical effort, even though most people swallow approximately six hundred times a day. More than ten individual body parts are involved in... Read More

You’ve got cancer. And so begins the manic, fear-driven scramble to comprehend, cope with, and hopefully defeat one of life’s penultimate demons. Add the very real fear of a life without erections as a side effect to victory, and one... Read More

Imagine having to climb six flights of stairs while seven months pregnant—with the flu and a temperature of 102 °F. Imagine going hungry because it’s too tiring to fix scrambled eggs or slice up an orange. Sufferers of chronic... Read More

In "Cranial Intelligence", authors Ged Sumner and Steve Haines share decades of research and practical experience in the manual treatment of the human craniosacral system, guiding the reader on an in-depth journey into the body’s... Read More

Sometimes it seems there are more questions about Asperger’s syndrome than there are answers, so perhaps it’s time to consider learning more about it from the stories of women who are actually on the spectrum. That’s what writer... Read More