My earliest diet culture memories trace all the way back to when I was about 8 years old at a Chinese restaurant. At this restaurant,...[Read More]
Tag Archives: health
>>Last week, the Centers for Disease Control >>quietly changed course on a decades-old rule. Previously, people in pain who needed long-term pain killers were always...[Read More]
>> I try to eat healthy, but I wouldn’t consider myself a health-nut. I sometimes count ketchup as a vegetable, and I’m unlikely to spend...[Read More]
>>Despite rapidly advancing technology, an increase in the number of hospitals, and an almost limitless amount of health information, more infants die in their first...[Read More]
>>February is the longest month. At least two days shorter than every other month, it seems to take at least twice as long to get...[Read More]
>>Nearly ¾ of North Carolinians believe Medicaid should be available to those who most need it, according to >>a recent study by Public Policy Polling....[Read More]
>>Once we had a food pyramid. Now it’s “ >>My Plate .” In China, they have a food pagoda; in Canada it’s a rainbow; France...[Read More]
>>In North Carolina, winter means one of two things: Short sleeves, sunny weather, and confused people talking about the unseasonable warmth; Ice, freezing rain, closed...[Read More]
>>Forty-three years ago this week, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that would change the lives of hundreds of thousands of women and families....[Read More]
>>Recently I overheard two women chatting at the farmer’s market, considering a case of artisanal beets. “I mean it’s just common sense,” the first opined....[Read More]