What Is Placenta?

An incredibly complex and important organ in its own right, the placenta is only found in mammals. And how it functions has the potential to have profound effects on the li...

Climate Change Caused California Drought

A lot has been written about the California drought.

A lot. Sadly, and a bit surprisingly, very little of it touches on the climate connection. Which is too ba...

How Can We Make Medication Use In Pregnancy Safer?

Women?? human rights need to be addressed globally in order to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. And healthcare professionals have an important role to play in tackl...

Vatican Announces Major Summit On Climate Change

Catholic officials announced on Tuesday plans for a landmark climate change-themed conference to be hosted at Vatican later this month, the latest in Pope Francis’ fa...

Top 10 Social Innovation Trends Of 2015

We get it, your inboxes are jam-packed with must-read trend predictions for 2015, and no doubt some of them are right on the money. We can all feel the shift: This year wil...

Nashville Star Charles Esten Brings Light to the Dark World of Cancer

Esten and his family’s dedication to LLS has grown stronger each year and, today, LLS announced Esten is the 2015 National Light The Night Walk Honorary Chair. Since ...

Bon Jovi, Charities Open Hunger Centre

Centre at area devastated by Superstorm Sandy to help people get food stamps, health care and meals
Rock star and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi and local charities are o...

How Foundations Like Ronnie Screwvala's Swades Are Helping Entrepreneurs Emerge From Rural India

For Ronnie Screwvala this was an unusual success story. At a community centre in Khamgaon, a village 166 km south of Mumbai, he engaged a group of 25 rural women, all dress...

Kalki Koechlin Speaks About Child Sexual Abuse

Kalki Koechlin, who has been in the news for the past couple of weeks due to her forthcoming film “Margerita, With a Straw” got a different kind of attention wh...