ARCATA - Stephen Gasparas was destined for this fog-chilled, redwood-shrouded coast - America's most renowned region for legal cultivation of marijuana

Doses of cannabis might help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients subdue their body spasms and move about more easily, according to a new review of recent studies.

November 2, 2009 -- New York Gov. David Paterson (D) last week signed a law that will stiffen penalties for causing physical injury to abortion providers and their patients, the AP/Washington Post reports.

When you click you are supporting the Susan G Komen Foundation which still uses repetitive, outdated testing on animals that does NOTHING towards a cure for breast cancer & adds to the misery and death of untold numbers of animals each year. Care 2, NO!

Eight states where insurance companies can deny coverage to victims of domestic violence. Insurance companies currently treat physical abuse as a "pre-existing condition", saying that it's something that's likely to reoccur.

What happens when a mentally ill inmate is imprisoned naked for nine months living in filth in dark solitary confinement and is so abused and traumatized that he can only speak gibberish when released? Judge dismisses family's lawsuit, of course!

The government is planning to create a series of mass graves to cope with a second outbreak of swine flu in the autumn. A Home Office document warns that a mass burial site may be needed to cope with the potential crisis. How much pigshit can we swallow?

Julia Hall may be the most hated 11-year-old among conservative pundits in America today.

Toxic trash sickens young scavengers in Ghana. Much of the e-waste in the Agbogbloshie dump comes from foreign countries, including the United States. Recyclers that buy it from government agencies ship it overseas in cargo containers mixed in with ...

The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.