mental health

Has Therapeutic Touch Lost Its Way in Medicine? Or Is It Lawsuits?

Touch has become a subject of lawsuits and medical interventions. The MeToo movement pulled touch into an unexpected, negative spotlight in our culture.

3 years ago

Big Boys Do Cry, and It’s a Normal Reaction, Not Weakness

Crying in boys and men is not a sign of weakness but one of the normal expressions of extreme joy…

3 years ago

Ultra-processed Foods and Mental Health

A new systematic review and meta-analysis of 43 observational studies revealed many harmful effects of ultra-processed foods, including a slight…

3 years ago

Sometimes You Need to Say No, for the Patient and Yourself

A frightening midnight phone call leads a young surgeon to reconsider how he approaches his career

3 years ago

Punish the Lazy Obese, Shower Shame on Them, and Refuse Disability Benefits to Them?

Obesity is an evolving medical disorder that still includes shame and the refusal of disability benefits without serious medical side…

3 years ago

As Eating Disorders Spike During Pandemic, Rural Treatment Options Lag

[This article appeared originally on KHN and NBC News, and is authored by Carly Graf reprinted with permission.] Erin Reynolds…

3 years ago

One Simple Way to Protect Your Brain

“Cognitive decline in late adulthood is becoming the №1 public health problem we face as a country, particularly as the…

3 years ago

If Agony and Numbness From Media War Coverage Generate Mental Aching, Why Watch?

“It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who…

3 years ago

Medical Ethics and Treatment Is in a Nasty Fight for Its Existence

Medicine, the area of science that has been slowly backed into a corner by insurance reimbursement, is now in another…

3 years ago

Aphasia Struck Bruce Willis and He’s Not Alone in the Diagnosis

Bruce Willis, the highly successful action-hero actor, has aphasia, and, as a result, he is retiring from acting. Why, you might ask?…

3 years ago

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