Photo©corporatesounds/123rf When it comes to health, the questions we are willing to ask, matter. A lot. Unfortunately, this is not what we are taught, nor is it what we are offered when it comes to how we care for ourselves; specifically, how it is we navigate times...

© Ocean Image Bank/Hannes Klost A sea lion swims past a starfish, highlighting the vibrant biodiversity of marine ecosystems. UN ‘High Seas’ Treaty Clears Ratification Threshold, To Enter Into Force In January by Vibhu Mishra, UN News A landmark UN treaty to safeguard...

Photo©fabioformaggio/123rf Isn’t the first claim of life to find the courage, whatever the cost, to carry on, to reach out and connect with others, to keep reaching out? — Diana Chapman Walsh1 The instant a bone breaks, the two ends begin to reach for each other....

Photo©VaclavVolrab/123rf Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines spinning above fields and solar panels shining in the sun on barns and machine sheds. For many...

Photo©serezniy/123rf If you’ve ever had stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, and chills soon after eating, there’s a good chance you were dealing with contaminated food. But here’s where it gets confusing: not all gut-related sickness is foodborne. Viral infections...

Amon Abraham in a quiet moment of visualization and focus before stepping onto the runway at the 2025 Paralympics.  They told me to measure success by what I could no longer do. I was measured by a missing limb, by a medical chart, by the polite sympathy and lowered...

Artwork©milanchikov/123rf Since the time a human first used a tool to make life easier, increased weight has been inevitable. From that day the amazing and rapid progress of human achievement has been on a parallel trajectory with the growing availability of calories...