Autism children and parents enjoy a Halloween-style fall festival Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Carrie Fitts Real Estate in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / Two weeks ago, a team of ...

Menopause. Normal pregnancy. Infertility. ADHD. Erectile dysfunction. Over the last several decades, these conditions have come to be defined and treated as medical problems. They’ve been “medicalized ...

(CNN)Women are not a monolith, their experiences of menopause are not all negative, and this stage of life should not be medicalized, argue an international group of experts. In an analysis piece ...

The term "medicalization" was popularized by the Catholic philosopher and social critic Ivan Illich. Illich was troubled by the way in which what was formerly regarded as deviant behavior had come to ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 15 Episode 2. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. “Life seldom unfolds exactly as we wish it. There are ...

Got the blues? Here's a pill. Not happy with the shape of your belly? A tummy tuck will fix that. Want to schedule the date of your healthy baby's birth? A scalpel will be waiting. Thirty-five years ...

What good is it to say "eat right" to someone who can't afford nutritious food? Or whose neighborhood doesn't have a supermarket? These were among the questions raised by Maurizio Trevisan, dean of ...