Of all of the nutritional theories out there, The Raw Food Diet is arguably the most restrictive and most different to everyday eating. Let me start by being purist and explaining the principles of the strict Raw or Living food diet, a diet that connected well with me when I first stumbled upon it in… Read More »
A nurse holds a newborn baby in maternity hospital. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Thanks to Serena Williams advocacy on the issue of Black women dying during childbirth at disproportionately high rates (as compared to their white peers) has gotten substantial attention. This week California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to address the… Read More »
It was the most brutal, barbaric and infamous medical procedure of all time: an icepick hammered through the eye socket into the brain and “wriggled around”, often leaving the patient in a vegetative state. The first lobotomy was performed by a Portuguese neurologist who drilled holes into the human skull. But it wasn’t until an… Read More »