Psychology
How Mindfulness Disconnects Our Sense of Self From Our Feelings of Pain
The practice of mindfulness can alter the brain's response to pain.
‘Affirmation at All Costs’: What Internal Files Reveal About Transgender Care
Recently released files from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) show a lack of informed consent and scientific evidence.
Could Vitamin D Help Save Our Veterans?
Findings from a new study have shown that vitamin D may lower the risk of suicide and suicide attempts in U.S. veterans with low vitamin D levels. The study found ...
How to Make a Monster? Isolate Your Child
Commentary At the time of writing this piece, the United States has already experienced more than 100 mass shootings this year. That works out at roughly 11 mass shootings—involving three or ...
Exercise Is Even More Effective Than Counseling or Medication for Depression
But how much do you need?
What High Quality Sleep Looks Like and How to Get It: Part III
Part III of the 'Life Saving Sleep Series'
American Man Developed an Irish Accent After Getting Prostate Cancer
Foreign accent syndrome explained
Even Hungry Babies Are Willing to Share
Altruism may begin in infancy, according to a new study. In a study of nearly 100 19-month-olds, the researchers found that children, even when hungry, gave a tasty snack to ...
Certain Hardships Can Miswire the Brain, but Resilience Training Can Help You Recover
Ever wonder why, in the face of tragedy, some people remain calm and collected and others fall apart? It’s called resilience and all of us have it, to varying degrees. ...
Dear Dr. Chloe, My Boyfriend Has Not Followed Through on His Promise to Propose, What Should I Do?
Dear Dr. Chloe, I am a 32-year-old woman who would like to marry and have children with the right man. I met someone special last spring, and after a careful ...
Food Addiction: Main Causes, 3 Ways to Overcome
Although tasty and flavorful, unhealthy, processed foods can trigger cravings that mirror those of addiction. In July 2022, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national ...
Long-COVID Mental Health Problems: 2 Main Causes, Low-Cost Treatment, and Natural Ways to Heal
“If I could take one symptom away from all of [my long-COVID patients], I think that would be depression,” said Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care and the COVID-19 ...
Experiment Links Perceiving Emotions in Music and People
People who can skillfully interpret other people’s emotional states may also be better at assessing the emotions conveyed by music, new research shows. Humans have been making music throughout recorded ...
New Artificial Intelligence App ‘Reframes’ Negative Thoughts to Treat Depression
WEF says technology could help combat 'global mental health crisis’ undermining UN sustainability goals
Mental Health: It’s Not Always Good to Talk
Few of us would question the need to break the silence around mental illness. Countless campaigns have drilled into us that such silence is harmful and that we should try ...
Patients Taking Antidepressants Become Emotionally Numb, Researchers Investigate Why
Commonly-prescribed antidepressants can cause patients to become emotionally numb by affecting a key cognitive function that allows people to learn from their actions, a new study suggests. A class of ...
The Critical Effect of Timing in Self-Improvement
Making a personal breakthrough takes heart, the right conditions, and a clear sense of our internal season
Tech’s Attack on Our Dopamine System
Understanding how our neurological reward center works is key to keeping it in balance
Meditation’s Surprising Effect on Cancer
The mind's profound effect on the body is especially crucial amid illness
Immediate Intervention Prevents Almost 100 Percent of Repeat Suicide Attempts: Experts
A special intervention program almost completely eliminated the number of suicides among those who attempted it at least once. The program was initiated in 2017 at Rambam Health Care Campus, ...
Study: Emotional Stimuli ‘Color’ Different Regions of the Body
What do lukewarm garbage juice, an intimate hug from a close friend, and the sight of a two-year-old child breathing their last breath on a hospital bed have in common? ...
A Nutritional Neuroscientist Offers Tips on How to Avoid the Winter Blues
Shorter days affect the mood of millions of Americans
Poor Sleep Can Make Folks Selfish, Study Finds
The health risks of losing sleep are well known, ranging from heart disease to depression, but who knew that too little sleep can also make you selfish? That's the takeaway ...
One in 20 Born in Australia Are Test Tube Babies
An Australian study has found that five percent of babies born in the country today were conceived by in vitro fertilisation (IVF), or about one child in every classroom. In ...
Dr. David Williams on Managing Chronic Pain
Excerpts from our conversation with Dr. Williams, associate director of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center at the University of Michigan NIHNiH: Your team does research into using types of ...
Children Missing Full Night’s Sleep a Week Because of Social Media Use: Study
Young children are losing out on the equivalent of a full night’s sleep a week because their bedtime routines are being delayed by increased social media use, according to new ...