For decades, the legal system treated intimate partner abuse mainly as a series of discrete physical events: a slap, a shove, a broken bone. Although […]
Category: HEALTH & WELLNESS
Billions worldwide living with herpes
About half a billion people worldwide are living with genital herpes, and several billion have an oral herpes infection, new estimates show, highlighting the need […]
How hurricanes affect hospitalizations and deaths among older adults using electricity-dependent medical devices
New research in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that older adults who rely on electricity-dependent medical devices—such as ventilators, respirators and dialysis […]
Do women with postpartum psychosis receive adequate medical care?
Credit: Alex Green from Pexels Women with postpartum psychosis are making repeated pleas for help before receiving a diagnosis, with the first Australian study of […]
The Fatigue Spectrum in Chronic Stress and Trauma
Chronic stress, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and burnout don’t just stay in the head. At some point, the overloaded body systems stop working, and that […]
Would You Read Your Partner’s ChatGPT?
In Lindsey Hall’s viral Substack post, “I Stumbled Across My Boyfriend’s ChatGPT, and It Ended Our Relationship,” the author describes what it was like to […]
Study Supports Starting HPV Vaccination at a Younger Age
WASHINGTON — Children who started the two-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series at age 9 or 10 years were more than twice as likely to […]
Finding the Tailwinds That Help Us Move Forward
So often, our attention gravitates toward what is wrong, challenging, or missing. Yet when we focus solely on what is not working, we lose sight […]
Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Healthy Weight’?
Rethinking How Doctors Define ‘Healthy Weight’ So, what is a better way to more accurately define what a “healthy weight” looks like in any one […]
Why Old Wounds Can Hurt More Later in Life
In my research with older people, I frequently encounter psychological phenomena that acquire a distinct intensity in later life. ‘My mother abandoned me throughout my […]