“Brush your teeth” has long been the instruction for people of all ages on how best to take care of the mouth, but millions still have cavities and other oral-health problems every year. Australian dentist Garth Pettit wondered why... Read More

“Brush your teeth” has long been the instruction for people of all ages on how best to take care of the mouth, but millions still have cavities and other oral-health problems every year. Australian dentist Garth Pettit wondered why... Read More

“Brush your teeth” has long been the instruction for people of all ages on how best to take care of the mouth, but millions still have cavities and other oral-health problems every year. Australian dentist Garth Pettit wondered why... Read More

No one is likely to question the fact that electricity is a necessity of modern life. But Samuel Milham, a doctor whose career has centered around public health, believes there is a dangerous downside to electricity, and he sets out to... Read More

For many people, hypnosis conjures up thoughts of trances, trickery, and losing one’s free will to some mysterious Svengali-like figure. Although perhaps vaguely known for its use to curb undesirable habits such as smoking, there’s... Read More

Giving the health care system a thorough checkup, James T. Hansen diagnoses modern medicine with a critical loss of human connection, leading to poor outcomes for patients and physicians alike. In his memoir, Reinvent the Heal: A... Read More

Parents of a young person with an eating disorder often don’t know what they can do to help, if hospitalization is the best choice, or how to keep their child from relapsing after treatment. Ebsen William Amarteifio, a registered... Read More

Taking on caregiving responsibilities for a parent with Alzheimer’s disease can be exhausting both physically and emotionally, but it can also make a person stronger, so believes Patricia Hernandez Arnazzi, author of I Am My Father’s... Read More