Barbara Ehrenreich: Why I’m Giving Up on Preventive Care
How contemporary American medicine is testing us to death.
Health care
Why Are We So Sleep Deprived, And Why Does It Matter?
Not many things matter more to our health than a good night’s sleep, but fewer and fewer of Americans are getting one.
Mothers Dying After Childbirth Is a Medical Issue—But Cultural, Too
Even as the U.S. rate of infant mortality has decreased, the rate of maternal mortality has increased. Here’s what male-dominated medicine has to do with it.
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Lonely People
Those trying to cure a loneliness epidemic by bringing people physically closer to their neighbors are oversimplifying its modern meaning.
Nature Is So Good for You That Even Watching It on TV Improves Well-Being
Watching a few minutes of “Planet Earth” can lead you to feel 46 percent more awe and 31 percent more gratitude.
New Study Links Living Near Forests to Healthier Brains
Evidence keeps mounting that, in stressful times, there is much to gain by surrounding yourself with plants and trees.
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care
Even Trump supporters agree we can learn something from the country’s universal, low-cost health care system. It’s that good.
Trumpcare Is Not the Health Plan We Need (but Neither Is the ACA)
Under both GOP plans, we’ll have high costs, spotty coverage, and ad hoc solutions—which we have enough of already.
To Regain People’s Trust, the Democratic Party Must Support Single-Payer
Nearly 60 percent of Americans want Medicare for All. Democrats must support it, too.
How Public Money Supports Big Pharma
Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma’s profits, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford the drugs?
Why Drug Prices in the U.S. Are Ridiculous
Taxpayer money provides the research for Big Pharma’s drugs, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford them?
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
“Love people, use things, because the opposite never works.”
How Nature Makes Us Healthier and Happier
Over 100 studies have shown that being in nature—or even watching it in videos—benefits our brains, bodies, feelings, thought processes, and social interactions.
In One of the Nation’s Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm
In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.
8 Strategies for Confronting Hate (That Don’t Involve a Safety Pin)
Everyday heroism like standing up for someone in trouble means pushing past your own fear. Here's how to do so with caution and courage.
Millions of Women Know Sexual Trauma—Thanks to Trump, They’re a Voting Bloc
The 76 million women who have been oppressed by rape culture and sexual trauma may turn out with surprising force on November 8.
The Stress-Busting, Mood-Lifting Effects of Mindfulness During Pregnancy
4 ways a mindfulness practice can protect the health and well-being of mothers and their babies.
This Is What Naked Power Looks Like
Why feminist burlesque performers put their bodies and politics in full view.
How I Got Strong and Sexy, Despite Medical Drama and a Hidden Disease
For years, I suffered alone with Crohn’s disease. But a one-night stand and Bag Lady Mama’s body-positive Facebook page changed that.
How to Keep Mosquitoes Away Without Toxic Chemicals
Mosquitoes don’t like fans, and other tips to keep them off naturally.
3 Maps Show Where Legal Abortions Are Hardest to Get—and Who Lives There
1 in 3 women will have an abortion by age 45.
Spending Money on Others Can Lower Your Blood Pressure
Research shows that giving money away may be as good for your blood pressure as exercise and a healthy diet.
How a Health Clinic Made a Local Grocery Store Part of Its Prescription
A partnership between a Boston health clinic and a local grocery shows what economic development can do when it makes community health a priority.
The Science Behind Why Good Things Really Do Happen to People Who Wait
Religions and philosophers have long praised the virtue of patience; now researchers are starting to do so as well.
How America’s “Worst Walking City” Got Back on its Feet
When Oklahoma City was named the least walkable city in America, residents approved an $18 million sidewalk improvement project to help their community get moving.
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