Alternative Medicine

A Sneak Look At The Upcoming SupplySide West

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Staying healthy and vibrant is the main theme behind Supplyside West (October 23 – 27 in Las Vegas). Sandy Almendarez, VP of Content for SupplySide, shares insider information about this upcoming industry event including sustainability and the latest science. From nutrition to supplements, the latest research about staying healthy and more, SupplySide is packed with …

Helping Americans Eat Better

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Carolina Schneider, MS, RD, a registered dietitian known as “Carolina the Green RD” says the farm bill’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – formally known as food stamps – provides vital assistance to millions of disadvantaged Americans to ensure that all people have access to nutritious food, however there are some crucial nutrition gaps that …

The Butterfly Cage – A Look At The Hearing Disabled Community

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Rachel Zemach became Deaf at age ten, and has lived with one foot in both the Deaf and hearing worlds since then. After teaching Deaf students for ten years in a hearing, public school she became more solidified in her Deaf-with-a-capital-D identity. She loved thee job passionately but found it a shockingly, un-necessarily obstacle-laden environment …

Does Gender Need Labeling? Gender Without Identity

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What if no one—gay or straight or bi, trans or cis or nonbinary—was “born that way”? In GENDER WITHOUT, award-winning psychoanalysts Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini challenge the argument widely embraced by rights activists and members of the LGBTQ+ community that gender identity is innate and immutable. “There is nothing wrong with being gay, queer, gender nonconforming, or trans, nor is …

Uterinekind – Improving Uterine Care For Everyone

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Staring back at doctors who say the symptoms are normal, bleeding through clothes in public, losing big chunks of time to pain, and living with undiagnosed conditions for years–these are experiences I know well. Are they familiar to you? These experiences are common for millions of people – some will endure life-altering complications because their …