Health

In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...

Chelsea Silver has been meditating for more than four years. She’s kind of a meditation pro, and she’s only in the fourth gra ...

A new initiative is trying to combine resources for all organizations serving young men of color. One of the goals is to bring attention ...

Researchers have known for some time that there’s a link between heart disease and depression. But – if the depression is tre ...

Going to medical school is stressful – that’s not surprising But new research finds that the demands, cost, and competitive natur ...

Each year, close to 40,000 Americans die by suicide – and researchers are always looking for new ways to prevent these deaths. But – ...

As companies begin to think more critically about how to attract and retain job candidates on the autism spectrum, SAP, a global software ...

New research led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich takes a closer look at the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on people ...

The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...

So often, the milestones of old age sneaks up on us. Even as we gain the advantage of experience, there are less comfortable changes to c ...

Anti-anxiety sedatives such as Ativan, Xanax and Valium may not be as safe as once thought. Known as benzodiazepines, the drugs wo ...

When the Degenharts bought their house, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. But they didn’t know that it would land their son, Jos ...

Marylou Kelly Streznewski describes herself as a model of health. And for most of her life, she took it for granted. But that chan ...

Surveys by the national sleep foundation find that between eleven and 23 percent of live-in couples sleep in separate beds. Does this mea ...

New research has found that transgender children who receive social and family support during their transition do not suffer from a highe ...