Features

The Isolation of Social Media

Social media should promote conversation and exchange, yet increasingly it doesn’t

• Mental Health
• Science and Society

Diseases Take Flight with Climate Change

The changing climate is providing opportunities for insects and other animals to spread infectious diseases to new populations

• Environment and Health
• Infectious Disease

Altering Perceptions on Psychedelic Therapy

Growing evidence for the safety and efficacy of psychedelics could lead to better treatments for anxiety, depression, pain, and other often intractable conditions

• Neuroscience
• Discovery
• Mental Health

Inflammation and Brain Health

Normally a guard against brain injury and infection, inflammation is increasingly being implicated in cognitive decline

• Neuroscience

A Place for Dignity in Eldercare?

As a growing number of older adults require care, some worry that respect may be a diminishing resource

• Aging
• Clinical Practice

The Profound Sadness of Prolonged Grief

Long-term grief often goes undiagnosed even though treatment can be pivotal to overall well-being

• Mental Health
• Aging

Keeping Good Food on the Tables of Older Adults

Health outcomes improve when food-insecure older adults tap nutrition assistance programs

• Aging
• Healthy Living

The Mental Health Aspects of Menopause

The mental health issues that can accompany menopause often go unaddressed

• Women's Health
• Mental Health

A Place in the Room

Women are advocating for advances in women’s health

• Women's Health
• Health Equity

How Physical Activity Benefits Cancer Patients

The field of exercise oncology is bringing improved health and hope to survivors of breast cancer

• Cancer
• Women's Health

Addressing All Facets of Patients

HMS advances sex and gender medicine with new elective

• Women's Health
• LGBTQ Health
• Medical Education

Neighbors in Need

For decades, community health efforts have brought care to people in areas underserved, and often overlooked, by mainstream medicine

• Health Equity
• Clinical Practice

Through the Eyes of a Child

The barrage of strife, unrest, and outrage over the deaths of Black people in this country falls hard on the young

• Health Equity
• Pediatrics

Field Correction

Race-based medicine, deeply embedded in clinical decision making, is being scrutinized and challenged

• Health Equity
• Clinical Practice

Written in the Skin

• Health Equity