Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images When my 9-year-old dog, Judy, began showing signs of weakness in her back legs, I started brainstorming all the ways I could help her strengthen those muscles. During a routine vet visit, our primary veterinarian asked if I had ever considered acupuncture. Yes, I told her — and proceeded to explain...
Floresco Productions/Connect Images/Getty Images As the Trump Administration makes deep cuts into the Education Department (ED), with the stated goal of eliminating the agency all together, House Republicans have proposed establishing a $5 billion voucher program for families to send their children to private schools. While the move props up Trump’s goal of “universal school...
Courtney Hale/E+/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the go-ahead for the U.S.’s first at-home alternative to the Pap smear. The Teal Wand, a self-administered test, will offer a "much preferred experience," to the traditional, famously uncomfortable Pap smear, according the device’s parent company, Teal Health. The Teal Wand is a vaginal...
kyonntra/E+/Getty Images At this point, we all know that parental leave in the United States is trash. We’re the only so-called “developed” country without guaranteed paid leave for new parents. The lucky few among us will have employers with generous leave policies. The less-but-still-kind-of lucky will be able to make use of the Family Medical...