The American Public Health Association (APHA) has long recognized that guns are not just a political or civil rights issue; they are a public health issue. There is more gun violence in the US than in any other country in the world. According to a comparison between comparable nations done by the APHA, 80% of […]
Dear C, I am confused. Every time I watch a news show or read the paper, there’s another headline about what science has discovered is good, or bad, for you. I remember when coffee was the great evil — now they say it’s okay. Then fat was bad for you, and fat free foods were […]
Motif is trying something new, where our team selects a handful of events we find particularly interesting or cool for the upcoming week. Check out our favorite events in the area between June 22 and 28! WED 22 Girls Night Out The Show: Revisiting classic fantasies and steamy exotic temptations. Features some of the most […]
“Sugar is the new heroin.” – Tom Jacobs In life, we all make choices. Some of them are good and some of them are pretty stupid; but they should be ours to make. Today, in the world of processed food, sugar is a choice that someone else made for us. It’s hidden in processed foods […]
Dear C: I want to know why every time I sleep with a guy, I get attached. Men just don’t seem to do this. I hear a lot of my female friends say the same thing, but men seem to want to jump out of bed and run out the door. Is it an emotional […]
Summer is here and Dr. Michael Zola is expecting company. With warm weather comes overexertion and sports injuries; this is the time most of us think of going to a chiropractor. But in a recent interview, I learned there is a lot more to this branch of healing than “cracking” bones. Dr. Zola has been […]
I am standing at the head of a boat holding a lit torch above my head. I can’t see what is going on behind me. There is only the sound of water moving beneath the boat, and the epic songs of a soundtrack blaring from speakers in the middle of the river. I am […]
As a mother who lives far away from both my own and my husband’s extended family, I have had to be very resourceful about finding fun things to do with my daughter in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. In the last eight years, we have discovered some great places to go for summer fun. […]
“If you have any change, I’ll give you a tip,” said the homeless man in downtown Providence, as I emerged from my freshly parked car. “What’s that?” I asked. “Well — even though the sign says 9, they won’t give you a parking ticket after 6,” he offered, clearly hoping to catch me before I […]
Perfect days — the kind of days where you can look back and say, “Absolutely nothing could have gone any better than it did,” — are hard to come by. And although they’re exceedingly difficult to come by in the context of full-time jobs, familial obligations and endless day-to day stressors, I can look back […]