health

He would’ve done anything to see her healthy again, and he did do everything.

As I begin my final year at Cal, I find myself wondering if the muscle memory is still there, curious if I’ve overcome the years of backaches and heartaches. So I do the unthinkable: I make my return to the gym.

I want to dedicate this essay to the men and boys we have raised — and those in my own life who are trying to connect what they think to what they feel. You are enough.

When I turned 20, I decided that I was going to learn how to swim. Why? Because I didn’t want to drown!

We know how to increase plant food consumption among under-resourced populations: by providing increased SNAP benefits.

Instead of peacefully living out their final days in the comfort of their homes with their loved ones, they’re made to die in an unfamiliar place, tended to by people who — though perhaps professional and compassionate — are strangers. 

Holding eye contact with someone often provides reassurance that we are seen. But as someone who manifests a version of myself based on that look in the eyes of those I love, I’m terrified I’ll blink and miss what they see in me.

Poke or pizza? Salad or home-cooked? In Berkeley, the food options are plenty, but that often leaves us wondering what to eat for each meal. If you’re indecisive or indifferent, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most sustainable foods on the planet that you can incorporate into your next meal.

With research and support from those outside of the scientific community, a life free of external machinal for those with spinal cord injuries actually seems not too far away.

I’m one of those people who was always caught off guard when daylight savings time would start and stop. I never knew which two days of the year it fell on, it always just suddenly creeped up on me.