I have a confession: I am drinking an energy drink right now. It is not my first one of the day. Busted — I know. Caffeine and I go way back. Red Bull was as much a part of my college experience as...

Last October, Vice President Joe Biden held a press conference in the White House Rose Garden to announce whether or not he would run for president. With his wife at his right hand and President Barack...

One of the most incredible things about medical limitations in our world today is that they are often temporary. Science and technology in the medical field are constantly evolving, changing and implementing...

Ars moriendi — “the art of dying” — was established in 1415 when a Dominican friar published a book instructing its readers how to achieve “the good death.” This amounted to spending one’s...

What I enjoyed most about the TV show “Mad Men” was that the series adhered fairly reliably to the period in which it was set (the ‘60s). Back then, it was more or less natural for men to leave their...

When I was 14 years old, my dad bought me my own set of weights. The message that accompanied this gift — “you’re too skinny” — was neither unclear nor subtle. I had always been thin — my mom...

Let’s get one thing straight. A gluten-free version of anything doesn’t mean it’s some healthier variant of the normal thing. Gluten-free brownies are just as unhealthy as regular brownies. Gluten-free...

In an evolution class last year, we collectively made Lamarck a recurring joke. Lamarck, the biologist preceding Darwin in the progression of evolutionary thought, theorized that animals evolve in correlation...

  The undeniable drug problem in our country has long been relegated primarily to low-income and minority communities. The brunt of blame associated with the effects of drug abuse is also linked...