Writing in the Week, journalist Theara Coleman has declared 2023 “the year of the loneliness epidemic”. In May, the U.S. surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, said loneliness posed a public health risk on a ...

Research has revealed a steep increase in liver disease in recent years. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence of health harms from alcohol, including drinking at levels that were previously considered ...

Source: Supplied by Lauren Mizock, PhD. Used with permission. “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery,” Dumbledore, the headmaster wizard once ...

A family member is in a funk and hasn’t seemed like himself in a long time. Or you haven’t been able to get on a crowded train all week because you break into a sweat. Maybe a friend keeps canceling ...

VACCINE hesitancy, which the World Health Organization (WHO) describes as the "delay in acceptance or refusal of safe vaccines despite availability of vaccination services," continues to hound the ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) meets with reporters as Republicans struggle with a plan to address growing health care costs, at the Capitol in Washington, December 16, 2025. Credit: J.