Some of you may think I am too young to even think of drugs. Or some may think I’m too young to get addicted. But I did. This year will be my second year sober off of the anti-anxiety medicine... Read more >>

For most women, increased appetite, moodiness, and fatigue are normal occurrences during “that time of the month.” But to a pharmaceutical company, those biological happenings are... Read more >>

Today’s post is brought to you by the letters “T,” “M,” and “I.” And also “Y,” for “why the heck am I telling you this?” Because it... Read more >>

Corey,* a sixteen-year-old high-school junior, stands before the open medicine cabinet in his parents’ bathroom and pulls out his cell phone, texting his friend Melanie.* “Got xbrs, vic,... Read more >>

At a recent breakfast, I watched in fascination and bemusement as a friend popped a couple of vitamin C pills into her mouth instead of taking fruit or fruit juice. “It’s much more... Read more >>

For several years, my mind has felt very cloudy. Since I’m over fifty, friends would laugh and say they all thought they were losing their minds. Mine was different and I knew it. As a... Read more >>

There is no way that taking a pill can replace eating fruits and vegetables,’ writes Prof Walter Willett Chairman, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health in Eat Drink... Read more >>

For years, millions of us have taken pills to supplement our nutritional needs, to cure a headache or the flu. We’ve created a ritual of gulping them down with a glass of water that leaves a... Read more >>

I did it this time! Over the past few years I have been getting more and more out of control when I am going through PMS. I have ordered crazy things that I don’t need, such as a typewriter, I... Read more >>

2000 BCE: Eat this root. AD 100: Roots are heathen. Say a prayer. AD 1500: Prayer is superstition. Take this potion. AD 1900: That potion is snake oil. Take this pill. AD 1940: That pill is... Read more >>