Lucas Hill

From mountain tops to the underworld, Robert Macfarlane explores the natural world through language, metaphor, and music.

Determining the fees physicians get paid is anything but transparent and only serves to drive up health care costs.

Southern California bird rescues are dealing with an influx of sick or injured brown pelicans. No one knows why, but many birds appear to be starving.

Not all LA County pharmacies prescribe contraceptives. That can be dire in post-Roe America.

The Supreme Court is likely to end Roe v. Wade this summer. How could that affect states’ rights and other rulings on privacy, like gay marriage?

Ageism - the negative attitudes directed toward older persons simply because of their age – can impact an older person’s health.

There are great disparities in health care and at both extremes – too much and too little – great harm can result.

Women are the dominant users of antidepressants and there are many possible reasons why.

When couples break up or divorce, the heartbreak can be debilitating, often taking years to recover and move on. What makes a broken heart so painful, and is there a cure?