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.
Even though it is roughly 93,000,000 miles away, the energy of the sun helps us power up more and more everyday, while the technology to harness that power keeps improving in creating more ways to use it.
Traditional holiday meals, laden with salt, fat and sugar, can increase the amount of free radicals, or molecules with unattached electrons, in the body, which can do serious cellular damage.
We've entered a new political era and emotions are raw—even over a scientifically settled topic such as climate change.
Detroit-area resident Shamayim Harris bought several properties and is now converting them into sustainable community spaces for education, wellness, and economic development.
What should we be thinking about when we think about the future of biodiversity, conservation and the environment?
Going to see Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol can be a classic holiday tradition for American families – but for the people who get overwhelmed easily by sights and sounds, the play can be pretty intense…
What helps people live longer than anything else? What about having an optimistic outlook on life -- a general expectation that good things will happen?
For seniors who want to age in a supportive community environment, cohousing is an exciting alternative to traditional options such as retirement homes and assisted living centers.
Parkinson’s disease may be triggered by gut microbes, according to a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) study that points to probiotics as a potential therapy for the disease.
Worrying about your health can be a self-fulfilling prophesy, researchers warn, raising your risk of heart disease and death.
If you are hungry for news you can trust, journalism that helps you make decisions about your community, reporting that holds power to account, then this is for you.
If you are just beginning your yoga practice or are considering taking it up and want to learn more, here are 5 tips to help keep you happy, healthy, and on the track to success.
There is little doubt left. America’s financial institutions are rigged against everyday people.
Ho ho ho, Saint Nicholas is here to spread racial diversity – and Christmas cheer! For the first time in history, the Mall of America in Twin Cities, Minnesota will host a black Santa Claus, played by Larry Jefferson.
Many of us are rekindling our activist spirit knowing that the next four years will require everyone to act.
The growing interest in biodetection from consumers and the food industry itself has reached a global audience. Detecting genetically modified organisms and pesticides in very low concentrations with smart phones will one day be a reality.
Sometimes we blame our family, friends, environment and work for not making us happy, but the question you must ask yourself is, “Are you living a life that makes you feel happy and authentic?”
Curcumin, the yellow pigment associated with the curry spice Turmeric, has been found to be effective in reducing depression and symptoms of anxiety even in people with major depressive disorders.
In light of the recent political shift, many of us are in a state of mourning, and worry. To stay emotionally and spiritually strong, we may have to take off our warrior armor and step back to see the bigger picture…
The day after Thanksgiving, Maple Farm Sanctuary in Mendon, MA got a phone call from a rather unexpected source: a hunter.
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