Virginia, Maryland weigh raising marriage age to 18 to combat coercion, abuse
They can’t legally vote, drink alcohol or smoke a cigarette, but thousands of underage Virginians, most of them girls, have been pressured into marriage over the last decade. Now there’s a move afoot in the General Assembly to try to head off the disturbing trend by raising the age of consent for marriage to at […]
Ben Carson: If Muslims Love America They Must Be ‘Schizophrenic’
Ben Carson isn’t a psychiatrist, but he likes to play one on the radio. In an interview he gave on Breitbart News Daily today, he told host Stephen Bannon that Muslims would have to be “schizophrenic” if they wanted to embrace American values like democracy while adhering to Islamic doctrines. This may come as quite […]
No room for honour-killing in our society: Nawaz
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that customs and practices like honour killings have nothing to do with the divine principles and theories of Islam. The premier said this while meeting Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad. It was Islam which first recognized the rights of women, PM […]
Is Sleep Causing Your Neck and Back Pain?
By Kate Francis Reviewed by QualityHealth’s Medical Advisory Board Americans spend billions of dollars every year looking for relief from neck and back pain. Money is spent on doctor’s visits, medications, X-rays, MRI scans and surgery. While a good percentage of these dollars are used to relieve neck and back pain resulting from accidents, injury […]
More Americans Successfully Managing Diabetes
By Laurie Saloman Reviewed by QualityHealth’s Medical Advisory Board For the past few years, the news about Americans and diabetes has mostly bleak. There are 26 million people who have the condition, and almost three times that many have prediabetes, a condition that typically is a marker for the development of diabetes. Rising obesity rates […]