The fallout from the Catholic Bishops’ crusade against contraception continues as Xavier University announced it was discontinuing birth-control insurance coverage for its employees effective July...
Americans may not have the healthiest diets, but most get adequate levels of essential vitamins and nutrients, according to a new report from the Centers...
Even though it’s legal for 17-year-olds to get the so-called morning-after pill, a new study shows that pharmacy employees often dole out the wrong information,...
A new ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) report revealed that in the first six months of 2011, the agency deported a total of 46,686 immigrants...
Births during the last decade take longer than they did in the early 1960s — 2.6 hours longer for women having their first baby, and...
Wealthy people are bypassing donor lists by paying off poor people in Bangladesh into selling their organs. An investigative paper, authored by anthropologist Monir Moniruzzaman, examined illegal...
Despite its reputation as a “strong weapon in prevention,” the HPV vaccine may not be benefiting adolescent females equally, a new study has found. According to researchers at...
As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear a case involving the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care overhaul, social scientists are asking a disturbing...
Go here to read Part 1 Whereas gyms often feel like places of tremendous judgment, with its pictures of hard, slender bodies on their walls,...
Republican aides emphasize that their bosses are not against the Violence Against Women Act, originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized at least twice by Congress....
On the website “Stuff White People Like,” marathons are listed as #27. It describes running a marathon in the following way: To a white person,...
Shortly after starting my graduate program at Arizona State University, it became clear I would need to go back on medication for anxiety. Diagnosed for...
By J. Victoria Sanders Walking with my mom, Maggie, as a kid, I heard someone call her crazy. She wore her black wigs until, with...
Is grief a disease? That is one of the crucial questions psychologists are asking as the American Psychiatric Association revises its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...
People living with a mental health problem or illness report a variety of experiences interacting with police in British Columbia, suggesting a need for better...
Influential African-American legislative leaders are pushing to get New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration to relax a cost-cutting measure that they say forces patients to...
Psychological issues permeate and are affected by many aspects of our society – including gender, race, sexuality, class, age, nationality, culture, language, identity, education, religion,...
By Natashia Deón If at dawn, I walked out into a busy intersection and Was swept away by a glorious symphony— Tires screeching, Glass exploding,...