Siobhan O'Connor
Medium
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We All Have ‘Trust Issues’ – Trust Issues –
About six weeks ago, we at Medium gave ourselves a simple goal: identify the Most Important Issues Facing the World Today—capital letters intended—and find the stories to match. It didn’t take long… → Read More
18 Amazing Beauty Tricks With Coconut Oil
Coconut oil has many beauty benefits. Bring DIY beauty to a whole new level by using it for hair, to keep skin hydrated, and more. → Read More
13 Amazing Beauty Tricks With Coconut Oil
Coconut oil has many beauty benefits. Bring DIY beauty to a whole new level by using it for hair, to keep skin hydrated, and more. → Read More
When You're Pregnant, Everyone Is Suddenly an 'Expert' on Your Health
People, well-meaning though they may be, are going to tell you what they think is best, not for you so much, but for your fetus. → Read More
The Secret Power of Play
Recess time isn't just a break from school. It helps kids learn to be human. → Read More
Glenda Gray: The World’s 100 Most Influential People
It can be easy to forget that until recently, HIV was a disease you didn't talk about. Ironically, that's what inspired Dr. Glenda Gray to study the virus in the first place. As a young medical student who fought to desegregate hospitals in apartheid-era South Africa, she was alarmed when she started seeing babies dying of a virus that her own government claimed wasn't causing AIDS. That's when… → Read More
UN Labor Chief Guy Ryder Says the ‘Uberification’ of Work Has Begun
Guy Ryder and Cardinal Turkson discussed the issues around international labor rights at the Fortune TIME Global Forum in Rome on Friday. → Read More
Hope Jahren: The World’s 100 Most Influential People
Matt Ching Science’s great communicator It is a rare breed of scientist who is both a leader in her field and a great writer, but Hope Jahren is both. A tenured professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Jahren has built a career and a reputation in science by unearthing secrets hidden in fossilized plant life. Her work has resulted in at least 70 studies in dozens of journals, but it’s… → Read More
Hope Jahren on Plants, Mud Manicures and Science’s Woman Problem
'It’s a challenge to be the real me and the science me' → Read More
Choosing to Wait: A New Approach to Breast Cancer at Its Earliest Stages
Inside the evolving—and controversial—treatment options for DCIS → Read More
Why Doctors Are Rethinking Breast-Cancer Treatment
Too much chemo. Too much radiation. And way too many mastectomies → Read More
Why Doctors Are Rethinking Breast-Cancer Treatment
Too much chemo. Too much radiation. And way too many mastectomies → Read More
These Charts Show Every Genetically Modified Food People Already Eat in the U.S
See all the GMOs you may already be eating. → Read More
10 Questions With Katie Couric
Anchor and activist Katie Couric talks 'Cancer' series, her critics and all those NBC rumors → Read More
10 Amazing Beauty Tricks With Coconut Oil
These 10 ideas for coconut oil bring DIY beauty to a whole new level. From shiny hair to a rejuvenating scrub, see what you can do with a little coconut oil now. → Read More
Zen Lessons On Healing After Loss
When she left her career as a medical doctor, Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, a Zen Buddhist nun and disciple of Thich Nhat Hanh, learned the true meaning of healing. → Read More
Better Than Fine
How long after your brother dies do you stop breaking things? I'm quick in the kitchen, an impulsive, dinner-in-20 kind of cook, but I'm not clumsy. Not, generally speaking, a breaker of things. Yet I... → Read More
10 Amazing Beauty Tricks With Coconut Oil
Let's work backwards. When you think about the health benefits of coconut oil, we're going to guess that the last thing that comes to mind is rubbing the edible plant grease all over your face. Or you... → Read More
How to Get Your Best Night’s Sleep—Ever
You know you should be getting your shuteye every night, but if you’re like most of us, you’re either not sleeping enough, waking up a lot when you do, or lying there wondering if it’s too late (or, u... → Read More