Our understanding of depression and how it affects the brain has changed drastically over the past several years.
It wasn't all that long ago, in 1895, when ...
Sleep is vital to our health, both mentally and physically. While we sleep, the body works to remove toxins and waste from the brain, rebuilds and repairs muscl...
The circumstances of one's childhood can go a long way in determining challenges that arise later in life.
The Adverse Childhood Experience study, or ACE, at...
Reading is pretty much universally recognized as a source of intelligence. It's a leisurely activity that seems to be placed a few levels above most others.
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Each year, around 40,000 Americans —and more than 640,000 people across the world — are diagnosed with oral cancer. Oral cancer can occur in the tongue, the flo...
The food industry has no shortage of awful secrets just waiting to be uncovered. In the past, we've spoken about tuna that isn't really tuna, food that gives yo...
Acute liver failure occurs when the liver stops functioning. It can happen over a few days or a few weeks, and it usually occurs in someone who has had no pre-e...
Heart disease is one of the most prolific killers in the country. Each year, about 610,000 Americans die of heart disease, and when you consider the general sta...
Inflammation is a natural response to cuts and stings and viruses, right? So why would you want to reduce inflammation?
Unfortunately, inflammation, a natura...
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the United States, affecting 40 millio...
Our culture is obsessed with staying clean. Hand sanitizer dispensers seem to be on every other corner, people carry around disinfecting wipes with them, parent...
More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and study after study has shown that urban life may be taking a toll on our health and well-being. Exp...
