Women of ancient cultures couldn't buy feminine hygiene products at the supermarket or drugstore chain, so they improvised, fashioning them instead out of various natural and biodegradable materials...
A doula. It’s not so new, actually. There have been women supporting women through birth since the dawn of time.
My 83-year-old friend Jerry shared this story with me recently about natural healing “the old way.”
When Kate Ellsworth birthed at the Cambridge Birth Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts last September, she had support from a doula provided free by the Cambridge Health Alliance.
When I was about 12, my family moved into a new house. Exploring the backyard, I found an interesting smelling plant with green spikes shooting up.
Winter is coming and our immune system is often put to the test. How will yours do this winter?
If you want to decrease your sugar intake and are concerned about the safety of artificially manufactured non-caloric sweeteners such as Splenda®, Sweet ’n Low® or Equal®, then consider using stevia.
For years, in search of the cure for a deep relentless bellyache and inability to digest anything, I tried nearly every diet intervention that I ran across.
Last week a colleague of mine excitedly showed me a new diet she found. It promised rapid weight loss by eating fast foods like donuts, potato chips, cheeseburgers and frozen meals.
I consider myself a pretty patient Guy. I mean, look at the Grand Canyon. It took millions of years to get it right.
We need to show we can meet extraterrestrial intelligences without reactionary aggression.
Astrology, the most venerable of sciences, provides profound insights into man’s life on Earth.
Tony was a fighter. In the hospital he was fortunate in having several caregivers who responded to his idea that he needed a team to coordinate his recovery — his wellness plan.
Legends offer a more personal portrait of an area’s character than can conveyed by the facts and figures of pure history.
Playing the stage for 38 years with the likes of Ike & Tina Turner, Kiss, Tim Harden and Herbie Mann, maverick musician LeRoy White says he’s received the best schooling a musician can get.
As each goose flaps its wings it creates an uplift for the birds that follow. By flying in a V formation, the whole flock adds 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.
In April, one of my greatest mentors died. He had been my teacher and friend for seven years. His name was Angelo and he entered my life as a feral cat.
Women must act as the mother of the species. We can’t do without them. — Joseph Chilton Pearce
I love New England for the beauty and variety of its changing seasons. My favorite is fall, the season of harvest and abundance, its crisp, cool days full of promise and activity.
It's both telling and sadly amusing that, after condoms, Preparation H is the second most frequently shoplifted pharmaceutical item in the country.
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