How to stop overthinking: the word stop is the problem. What the white bear study actually found, the 2023 reversal, and what to give your mind instead.
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Colorectal Cancer in Teens: The Symptom Most People Miss
Colorectal cancer in teens is usually advanced by the time it is found. In a study of 84 patients aged 21 and under, the most common symptom was not bleeding.
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How to Help a New Mom: Rides, Childcare, and Showing Up
How to help a new mom: a Northwestern trial gave 405 mothers a navigator for rides, childcare and scheduling. Here is what actually changed, and what you can do.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Light First, Feeling Later
Seasonal affective disorder is not a separate illness, and Iceland breaks the sunlight rule. What light therapy really involves, and why practice comes first.
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Death Anxiety: The Fear Hiding Under Your Other Fears
Death anxiety is more common than people admit, and it often hides under health worries and panic. What research shows, what it doesn’t, and what helps today.
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World Mental Health Day: The Night Jesus Said It Out Loud
World Mental Health Day is October 10. The night before the cross, Jesus told three friends his soul was overwhelmed with sorrow, and asked them to stay close.
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What Is a Highly Sensitive Person? Jesus Felt One Touch
What is a highly sensitive person? Roughly 3 in 10 people notice more and tire faster in crowds. Jesus felt one touch in a crush of people, then went to rest.
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What Is the Nocebo Effect? When a Dummy Pill Hurts
What is the nocebo effect? Expecting harm can make you feel it. In one trial, dummy pills caused about 90% of the aches blamed on a real medicine. Here is why.
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What Is Sundowning? Why Evenings Are Harder With Dementia
What is sundowning? Why confusion and agitation rise in dementia as daylight fades, free steps that help tonight, and what research still has not proven.
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Undiagnosed High Blood Pressure: 6 in 10 Were Never Told
Undiagnosed high blood pressure: in a study of 1.4 million adults, 59% of people who had it had never been told. What it means, and how to get checked.