Insights

<p>Maia Szalavitz offers blunt advice for folks covering addiction and drug use: "Think critically. Don't be the readers' nanny. You aren't there to send 'the right message.'"</p>

<p>While walking down the street in the spring of late 1980’s Billy found a senior citizen crying on her porch.&nbsp; When he approached her to find out why she was so upset, she explained, “my television is broken and it will cost $25 to fix.”&nbsp; To many people this may not be a cause of such great sadness, but to a senior living alone on a fixed income, her only source of companionship was now gone. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Maybe all our angst about dying is simply wrong-headed - and counter-productive for those we're concerned about.</p>

<p>If you’ve joined the Pinterest revolution, you understand how important those Saturday morning pinning sessions can be for your wardrobe, DIY projects and your dream wedding planning (that you will forever hide from your novio). If you haven’t discovered the wondrous collection of organized pinni

<p>How many times do you see pain patients who aren’t addicted represented in stories about prescription painkillers? Maia Szalavitz weighs in.</p>

<p>A ban on Big Gulp sodas in New York, High-fructose corn syrup, cancer treatments, junk foods and dieting.</p>

<p>Innovative health reforms in Oregon, new recommendations on hormones for women, an intensive treatement for hypertension, the spread of Chagas disease and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Since 1976 till today, each April brings a time of reflecting, commemorating, and preserving a historical moment that has changed the fate of Vietnam and its people.&nbsp;Through this project, I wish to embrace this commemorative tradition of the Vietnamese communities around th

<p>The surprisingly intense pushback against a proposed ban on school bake sales in Mass. is just the latest example of how hard it is for schools to improve their nutrition&nbsp;— and kids' health.&nbsp;</p>