Browsing: Health

In the 18th century, physicians noticed nuns had some of the highest rates of breast cancer. It was one of the earliest clues that led scientists…

Kristen Bell is teaming up with Dr. Stacy L. Smith, founder of USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, to champion authentic mental health storytelling. Bell and Smith are…

Millions of young people risk missing out on new treatments for health conditions and having to use medicines that are unsafe, ineffective or inappropriate because so…

Look, there’s nothing quite like starting your day by pooping on a little paper hammock affixed to your toilet seat and then poking it a bunch…

Governments across Latin America are stepping up efforts to vaccinate their populations against measles, as outbreaks in North America drive a 34-fold increase in the number…

Desmond Carter is on a mission to save the lives of Black men.Carter, founder of Mental Health Is Real Wealth, leads a bi-monthly mental health group…

A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands.Dummies made by the Dutch…

The subjects of Lucy Knight’s excellent article about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) have a common redeeming feature: insight (‘You are constantly told you are evil’: inside…

October 17, 20252 min readFlu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health ConcernsSchool closures and hospitalizations from an unexpected early spike in flu cases in…

Who will pay for global health? Scientists and policy leaders explored this question when they met this week at the World Health Summit in Berlin. The…