Ancient Mexican medicine: Why it was so effective
By Hope Gillette, Saludify Medicine has been around almost as long as illness; it’s natural for us to want to find a way to feel better. Unfortunately, history is littered with […]
Here’s Why Healthcare.gov Broke Down
By Charles Ornstein, ProPublica For the past two weeks, healthcare.gov, the federal government’s new health insurance marketplace, has been bogged down by problems, preventing users (including me) from viewing insurance options and […]
Beautiful but deadly: Latinos’ curves put them at risk
By Cindy Y. Rodriguez, CNN Elma Dieppa wonders if her cousin Helen Casillas would still be alive today if she had been more aware of how her weight contributed to […]
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses
By Joshua Davis, Wired José Urbina López Primary School sits next to a dump just across the US border in Mexico. The school serves residents of Matamoros, a dusty, sunbaked city […]