Personal Health

2 BILLION Dementia Patients? Medical Establishment Shocked by At-Risk Numbers on the Horizon

By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

"Beyond comparison with anything that has been faced during the entire history of humanity," leading doctor says.

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Can You Date Someone With Different Political Views Than You?

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

10 Years in Prison for Legally Growing Medical Pot? The Feds' Insane Assault on Perfectly Legal Activity

By Barry Scott Sussman / Online Publishing Company

Why I Wouldn't Let My Husband Touch My Breasts

By Kate Barasz / Salon

Why We Need More People Like Jennifer Livingston to Tell the World There Is More to Life Than Our Weight

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Caffeine-Related Fatalities? America's Love Affair With the Stimulant May Have Gone Too Far

Whistleblower: 6 Ways Romney's Healthcare Proposals Enrich Insurance Companies and Sicken Americans

5 Reasons to End Our War on Germs Before it Kills Us All

Personal Health

2012 Drought: Pick Your Poison

Brian Bienkowski / Daily Climate

If America Only Knew How Much Arsenic Ends Up on the Average Dinner Plate

Jill Richardson / AlterNet

Fact: Romney's Big Dream of Repealing Obama's Health Reforms Would Raise the Abortion Rate

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Why the New 'Golden Age of Oil' Has Been a Bust

Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch

Sick: Government Sprayed Radioactive Chemicals on Poor People in Science Experiment, Study Claims

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Is Whole Foods Sincere About its Support for Labeling Genetically Modified Foods?

Ronnie Cummins / AlterNet

The Best Reason for You to Ditch Fossil Fuel? Start with the Air You're Breathing

James Boyce, Manuel Pastor / Triple Crisis

72 Million Americans Would be Uninsured Under Romney's Health Plan

Annie-Rose Strasser / Think Progress

$34.4 Million Can’t Seem To Buy Prop 37 Opponents Like Monsanto and Big Food Their Own Facts

Zack Kaldveer / AlterNet

Chained to the Desk: How Workaholism Can Kill You

Chris Wright / The Fix

How Fracking Is a Danger to Your Health

Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

Why I Risked My Body to Stop Arctic Drilling

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Report: Man Who Was 'Tortured' by the Prospect of Obama's Re-Election Kills Family, Self

Editorial Staff / AlterNet

Brainwashed by Junk Food? New Study Reveals Fast-Food Logos "Imprinted" in Children’s Minds

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Big Pharma's Newest Money-Making Scheme: Adult ADHD

Evelyn Pringle, Martha Rosenberg / AlterNet

Why You Are Way More Stressed Than Your Boss

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

50 Years After 'Silent Spring' We Have Ignored Rachel Carson’s Findings to Our Peril

Joseph J. Mangano, Janette D. Sherman / The Washington Spectator

Why Sexual Fundamentalists Dominate Politics and How We Can Stop Them

Mandy Van Deven / AlterNet

Romney's Son Signed Abortion Clause in Surrogacy Contract--And Mitt Helped Pay

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

Why Sex Before Marriage Is the Moral Thing to Do

Jill Filipovic / The Guardian

Today in Paul Ryan Lies: Telling Florida Seniors that Obamacare Includes Death Panels

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress

Beware! 5 Depressing Stories About Food in the News This Past Week

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Booze Protecting its Turf Against Pot in Colorado

David Sirota / AlterNet

Is Alzheimers Just Another Form of Diabetes? How Our Diet May Be Destroying Our Brains

George Monbiot / Monbiot.com

Who's Really Benefiting from Workplace "Wellness" Programs?

Carl Finamore / Labor Notes

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