Health
This is what depression feels like
I feel like the light at the end of the tunnel is a solitary candle about to blow out at any moment. At the same ...
9 years ago
Women’s emotional labor on your behalf comes with a cost
I have opened my mind and my heart and given my time to others to unload their burdens on me despite my own turmoil and trauma, because I thought it was my duty as a woman.
9 years ago
One scientist is creating ‘brain soup’ to calculate brain power
Research suggests that bird brains are small but mighty, so don’t judge a brain by its size. Don’t judge a brain by it ...
9 years ago
Bringing warmth and love to Philly homeless veterans for Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day, and you might be looking forward to getting flowers or a date tonight with your special someone at ...
9 years ago
ListenFor this couple, starting a family turned into planning brain surgery
About four years ago, Jeremy Hoffman, who was 30 at the time, told his wife Rebecca about some weird symptoms he was having — he felt a ...
9 years ago
Listen 7:23New procedure leads to miraculous recoveries in stroke patients
On July 17, 2014 Kurt Hinrichs, of Gladstone, Missouri, went to bed early. When his wife joined him, she woke him with her snoring. That ...
9 years ago
Listen 8:09How electroconvulsive therapy’s troubled past has colored its modern use
Elyse Hunt hit rock bottom last summer. She had pummeled deeply into an already serious depression, leaving her bedridden and contemplati ...
9 years ago
Listen 12:05Listening to the brain to reveal damage and disease
Researchers are studying the way the brain processes sound to better understand – possibly even diagnose – concussions. < ...
9 years ago
Listen 6:25A Jehovah’s Witness balances surgery with beliefs
When Audrey Butler dedicated herself to becoming a Jehovah’s Witness seven years ago, she knew she would never accept a blood trans ...
9 years ago
ListenResearchers at Massachussetts General Hospital and other institutions are gaining a better understanding of & ...
Air Date: January 17, 2017
Listen 00:03:31The Opioid Epidemic—from the headlines to hope
The news can sound dire. Opioid addiction is ruining families and taking lives at an ever increasing rate. In this roundtable discussion ...
Air Date: January 6, 2017
Listen 00:50:29Death of Carrie Fisher a reminder for women to guard their hearts
Carrie Fisher’s death at 60 came as a shock. Known as Princess (and later, General) Leia to generations of Star Wars fans, sh ...
9 years ago
“Heroin has destroyed my life, and I don’t even use the stuff.” When I heard my mom’s friend say that, my ...
9 years ago
The hidden cost of therapy apps
Disruptive technology is here to stay, but not all trades necessarily benefit from it. Psychotherapy is one such field.
9 years ago