Any sustained movement, like walking, bicycling, swimming, or cross-country skiing, will reduce the risk of several life-threatening diseases, such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and possibly cancer.
The American Psychological Association's in-depth role in U.S. torture of detainees was revealed in a landmark report released earlier this year.
How the Medicine Wheel can guide us to transform communities that have suffered from racial injustice...
The question is not what Apple Cider Vinegar can do, but what can't it do. As a folk remedy, it has been credited with curing everything from the flu to warts or sunburn to dandruff...
In a land where men are more valued than women, this unique village celebrates its daughters while creating a greener, healthier world.
From background radiation to chemicals in the food chain, environmental changes are contributing to a rapid global rise in neurological disease.
Canada and the United States are among the few industrialized nations in the world to allow unlimited access to acetaminophen.
Movies and TV shows have always portrayed a drowning victim as somebody who will splash, yell, and wave for help. However, people who swallow water and enter the phases of drowning are unable physiologically speak...
As a mother of 5-year old triplets I’m starting to see exactly how children learn healthy habits. It doesn’t always come from talking at them or trying to explain by reading child friendly stories...
The planet Earth, with mankind's help, is leap-frogging into sweltering new territory.
Young farmers are, in increasing numbers, planting market gardens in cities, and “local” produce now fills grocery shelves across the US, from Walmart to Whole Foods, and is promoted in more than 150 nations around the world.
Palm oil — which appears in a dizzying amount of food and cosmetic products, and is a feedstock for biofuel — poses many environmental problems.
Obama has protected more than 260 million acres of public lands and waters; more than any other president.
We know that animals certainly feel physical pain, but what is less clear is whether this emotional suffering that we feel can be said to be true of animals. And if it is, how we go about measuring it.
Several studies over the past few years have concluded that mammograms do not save lives, and may actually harm more women than they help, courtesy of false positives, overtreatment, and radiation-induced cancers.
Our isolated life on the farm keeps my family close, but it can also stand in the way of my daughter becoming her own person.
The killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe has brought fresh attention to an entrenched, ongoing crisis in wildlife conservation.
It’s pretty clear that high-intensity negative behaviors like abuse, aggression and violence are harmful. But what’s the harm in just being rude and uncivil?
From Italy to Luckenbach, Texas, practical ideas for improving your hometown...
Whether it’s a small organic farm or a large conventional operation, plastic is a huge part of modern agriculture.
In his new book “How to Raise a Wild Child,” Dr. Scott D. Sampson argues that the current disconnect between kids and the natural world is a threat to their physical, mental, and emotional health.
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