In Human Terms: Venice Family Clinic, The
The mission of the Venice Family Clinic is to provide comprehensive primary healthcare that is affordable, accessible and compassionate to low income families and people without health insurance. Most of their patients a..
In Human Terms: Venice Family Clinic: One Patient's Story
One patient at the clinic was approaching 65 years of age when the bookstore where he'd worked and lived for more than thirty years went bankrupt. He was alone, without relatives, and homeless on the street for about 48 ..
In Utero Treatment
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about progress that's been made in treating disorders in utero, including heart failure and neural tube defects.
It's Personal: Cultural Impact on Sexual Expression
Culture, parents, and friends create boundaries for sexual behavior beyond which it is difficult to deviate. For example, Kinsey's research in the 1930s and '40s found that African American women are less likely to engag..
It's Personal: Diversity of Sexual Desire
Learning about sexuality involves not only the biology of sex but also its diversity. No two people have exactly the same desires nor the same idea of how to fulfill them. Bridging these differences between partners requ..
It's Personal: Extended Family Support for Relationships
Healthy relationships extend beyond the boundaries of the couple themselves. The extended family and network of friends can add valued support for the couple, and help cement the relationship..
It's Personal: Factors that Influence Sexual Orientation
The factors that influence a person's sexual orientation have long been debated. People who are profoundly opposed to homosexuality for religious or cultural reasons think it is a question of choice. Genetic research has..
It's Personal: Influence of Sexuality on our Lives, The
Sexuality is an aspect of life that is common to all living things. It influences how we feel about ourselves and is a source of intimacy and pleasure from adolescence through old age. Attitudes about sex and sexuality o..
It's Personal: Intimacy is More Than Sexual Attraction
The intimacy a couple develops over time is dependent on more than sexual attraction. It has to do with all the other qualities two people bring to a relationship.
It's Personal: Respecting Individuality in a Relationship
The strength of a couple's relationship is related to their recognition of themselves as unique individuals. They need to feel strong enough about themselves to ask for what they want in the relationship, and to risk los..