Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don’t know what you’re doing – or even spit at you. Unimaginable, right? But that’s…
Category: Anthropology
Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert explains what’s at stake
Medical marijuana could soon be reclassified into a medical category that includes prescription drugs like Tylenol with codeine, ketamine and anabolic steroids. That’s because in December 2025, President Donald Trump…
Innovations in asthma care can improve the health of Detroiters living with this chronic disease
Researchers and doctors are beginning to modernize asthma treatment using innovative therapies. Asthma is a common, chronic and treatable lung disease that touches nearly every family in America. It affects…
All foods can fit in a balanced diet – a dietitian explains how flexibility can be healthier than dieting
Eat this, not that. This one food will cure everything. That food is poison. Cut this food out. Try this diet. Don’t eat at these times. Eat this food and…
Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite
Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s…
Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health
If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger. Of course, muscles only…
Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it
More than 18 million people worldwide suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, including nearly 1.5 million Americans. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune, inflammatory form of arthritis, meaning a person’s immune system attacks…
Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story
Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, “We’re out of options.” It may sound dramatic, but antibiotic resistance is pushing that scenario…
Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead
As Americans increasingly report feeling overwhelmed by daily life, many are using self-care to cope. Conversations and social media feeds are saturated with the language of “me time,” burnout, boundaries…
What air pollution does to the human body
I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s. The city sits on the…
