Health

About a year ago I interviewed a woman who volunteers at a church-sponsored soup kitchen in Center City. The essay, “ ...

With approximately one in 10 Americans having a problem with addiction, the odds are that someone at your holiday celebration this year struggles with substance abuse.

It seems like everybody is singing the praises of mindfulness meditation these days – it’s used as a way to decrease stress, ...

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and that launches us right into the holiday season madness. Shopping, decorat ...

When I heard that One Book One Philadelphia had chosen ...

I’m about to run my 100th marathon with cancer, and I’m delighted that I’ll be pounding it out here on the ...

On a beef ranch called Ledenevo, in the Bryansk region of Russia, about 300 miles southwest of Moscow, everything is brand new. The farm ...

We can’t protect ourselves from catastrophic events, but what we can do is understand how it may affect us both physically and emotiona ...

Kids tend to be overscheduled and stressed out these days, and a slew of new parenting articles and books tal ...

I should be a vegan. So should you. It’s better for your health, and better for the planet. And its kinder to animals too. So what’s ...

“Hi, kids,” said the 40-something desk clerk, grinning, as my 60-something husband and I scanned our ID fobs at our neighborh ...

Last month, A & E’s reality show “Born This Way” took home an Emmy Award ...

Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...

Our 9-year-old son has recently been battling insomnia, lying awake each night until 10 or 11 p.m. The rare nights he falls asleep easily ...

Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit. When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something. < ...