About two years ago at my university, I designed a minor in the medical humanities. At its core was a class that introduced students to medical topics from the perspectives of the humanities and ...

Are you applying to college this year, and did you write your application essay about money, work, social class or related topics? If so, we’d like to read your writing — and, perhaps, publish it. In ...

Susie Orbach wants to hear your views on her BBC News Interactive Essay: The Fight For Our Bodies. E-mail her and keep up with the debate. The diet industry is a con, says Susie Orbach in her BBC News ...

I have been on many diets, but as soon as I stop the pounds start to return. The problem is my long-term eating habits given to me during my childhood. "Eat everything up, remember the starving ...