You probably haven’t heard of Henrietta Lacks. And if you’re like me, you might not have even heard of HeLa cells. But I can almost guarantee that you have heard of polio and cancer. Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who died from cervical cancer in Baltimore on October 4, 1951 at the age of 31, [...]

I have hair on the brain lately. Maybe it’s the cold weather that always slows down hair growth, but I am going crazy waiting for mine to grow! Throughout my life, I have had pretty good experiences with hair salons. And haircuts in general, actually (except for that time I let my college roommate cut [...]