Most health insurance companies don’t cover transition-related expenses for transgender people, even though the American Medical Association says transition is medically necessary.

Professional guinea pigs anonymously jump from drug trial to drug trial with little oversight. One of their own has spent 20 years pushing for organization and reform. But would that reform end their profession?

Altitude tents and chambers, which trick the body into producing extra oxygen-carrying red blood cells — “a natural form of blood doping,” according to one expert — are becoming a mainstream training tool for professional and amateur athletes alike.

Averse to the idea of “blue boy boxes” and “pink girl boxes,” couples are deliberately staying away from monster trucks and princess dresses. They believe in what they call gender-neutral parenting.

The literary marketplace may be going digital, but to rare book dealers print still rules — and always will. At least until someone figures out how to autograph an e-book edition.

Social media can be an effective tool for connecting with business partners, friends and family, but when people aren’t careful with their privacy settings, anyone can access that information. I decided to find out for myself how easy it would be to “stalk” someone using only online profiles.

Connie Green’s services have been in high demand lately. After all, her type of work — foraging — has recently caught the eye of thousands of restaurants in Canada and the U.S. She spends night and day thinking and collecting food from the wild, whether it’s mushrooms and leeks or elderberries and fiddleheads.

Bill Hicks, the late comic and social commentator, has achieved the posthumous recognition he sought throughout his career in the United States, and with the release of a new documentary about his life, his stand-up career is at an all-time high.

A fight in not-really “Jell-O” may look sexy. But when you’re a fetishist or into bondage, what makes it sexier is a wrestle with your “submissive.”

While the U.S. health care system faces a dire shortage of primary care physicians, many medical schools continue to accept students without considering their interest in future specialty.