Personal Health

Nikki Haley is often touted by pundits as being one of the more intelligent GOP politicians and is considered a rising star. But as with other supposedly wonky GOPers, Haley…

Marijuana is known for delivering a good high. But the plant’s uses go well beyond the recreational. Marijuana contains a trove of medicinal compounds whose uses we are just now discovering.

How often are we told something is bad for us, yet we continue to keep it in our lives? Sure, a little bit every now and then won’t kill you,…

A food scientist explains the nitty gritty of the five-second rule.

Generation Z and millennials rated themselves highest on feelings associated with loneliness.

While playing, a six-year-old boy in Oregon cut his head on some farm machinery. His parents cleaned and stitched the wound. Six days later his back and neck arched and he jaw began…

In those days, the women in my collective lesbian household celebrated our periods. We recorded them on a calendar in the kitchen, so we could see how well we synchronized with each other.

As organs go, lungs do not receive a lot of attention, and diseases associated with them, such as lung cancer, historically have been underfunded. Here’s a look at how your amazing lungs function.

Rather than remake animals and remake the marketplace to benefit corporations that play with our food, let’s remake the corporate system that is trying to industrialize dinner.

Revisiting Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for the 21st century: how do you score on the 10 traits of self-actualised people?