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If you had asked me about Lyme disease a few years back, I wouldn’t have had any inclination as to how serious this disease could be. That was until my mom, Jeanne, was diagnosed in late September of 2011...

Most people are attracted to the concept of greener living and stewarding the environment. However, many novices fail to get started living more eco-friendly lives largely because of the presumed cost that is associated.

William Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” And so it is with the Armenian Genocide...

Germany abruptly shifted its policy Monday from a steadfast refusal to use the term “genocide” to describe the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces 100 years ago.

Secret negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade and investment agreement involving 12 nations of the Pacific Rim, are coming to a close. Here are the Cliffs Notes in simple English.

The Verizon Device Recycling Program helps the environment by providing a safe way to dispose of unwanted electronic devices and rewards consumers for recycling and being green.

Bill Gates, the biggest philanthropist in the world, continues to channel his billions into vaccines. While admirable on the surface, it’s tragic when you realize clean water and hygiene education are far more effective at reducing the spread of disease than any vaccination campaign.

When photographer Robert van Waarden heard about Transcanada’s Energy East project—a tar sands pipeline that, if built, would be the longest such pipeline in the world and would exceed the capacity of Keystone XL by about 30 percent—he did what he knew how to do: he took pictures...

Want to change the world? Great! Before you do though, it’s worth taking a look in the mirror to learn about the biases that each of us has — biases that can derail our efforts to do as much good as we can.

There's a type of overeating that most people do without realizing. Overeating, emotional eating, and stress (that makes everything worse) crop up in the spaces between things.

If you're considering a plant-based diet, or you're new to the plant-based lifestyle, you may have questions. The plant-based diet is different in many ways from most other diets and lifestyles, and anytime something is different, myths and confusion about it can crop up from fear, ignorance, or misinformation.

In the wake of the financial crisis, President Obama took the helm of a sinking economic ship and helped to right it. Why are the Republicans so silent about the good news?

See the list of scheduled Central Mass blood donation sites and download the donation application form.

Boston Medical Center has a new program to provide acupuncture services in group settings to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Hundreds of people gathered outside of the Indiana Statehouse on Saturday to rally against a new law that opponents say could sanction discrimination against gay people...

Five Wishes is changing the way America talks about and plans for care at the end of life. More than 18 million copies of Five Wishes are in circulation across the nation, distributed by more than 35,000 organizations. Five Wishes meets the legal requirements in 42 states and is useful in all 50.

Many years ago, there was a debate going on in the science fiction community as to what constituted the Golden Age of sci-fi. Some claimed it was the 1940s and its swashbuckling space opera adventures.

Even as the US measles "outbreak" has slowed, the vaccination debate rages on. It has become increasingly heated, at times inappropriate and oftentimes personal, as parents attack one another about their beliefs.

New bill signed Monday means that any eligible voter who does business with the Department of Motor Vehicles will be automatically registered.