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For teens, finding help alone can prove all but impossible. But is mental health skewed towards the white, young, and affluent? The need for a simple method to help these teens is clear, and urgent.
In this new study, mindfulness-based intervention in schools did not move the needle on teen anxiety, depression, or body image problems.
How to overcome anxiety in a time that tries men’s souls.
The big, unknowable questions in life are seductive, but without small, trivial questions as insulation, those large mysteries can consume us.
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The results of two human clinical trials involving elderly patients suffering from frailty showed no adverse side effects and “remarkable” physical improvement.
Ramen isn’t going to be the next superfood, but it’s a little better than before.
If you want to feel less pain, meditate more often. According to this new research, it can genuinely erase the emotional reaction to pain. And since it’s long been said by coaches and some doctors that most pain is within the mind, here’s scientific proof to back that assertion up.
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What are you capable of? David Goggins’ amazing and grueling feat of persistence shows how tough the human mind can be.
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But if the campaign isn’t successful, this scourge could return with a vengeance.
These findings fit in with an overarching evolutionary theory on loneliness.
Experts say dependable scientific evidence has lagged behind.
A new study shows that psilocybin can “reset” the brain and put depression in the rear-view mirror.
A new report suggests Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana might be reducing opioid deaths in the state.
Your mindset can rewind aging, physically and mentally, as these jaw-dropping experiments show.
A common belief that regulations are a burden on businesses is challenged by Maryn McKenna’s book Big Chicken.
It’s the 1st observed psychedelic-caused molecular changes inside human neural tissue.
When you’re in the hospital, doctors might call the shots on the big decisions, but the quality of your stay is extremely dependent on nurses—particularly their competence and compassion. But what if your nurse just doesn’t have time for the compassionate part of caring for you?
Meditation is a lot more than just chilling out and reflecting. It can actually rewire your brain to become a better person.
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From the depth of the AIDS crisis, a new community discovered itself and defeated victimhood.
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Why do first-world ailments get cured faster than global health crises? Because Big Pharma doesn’t serve sick people, it serves rich people—let’s change that.
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John Cleese was in super sarcastic form during his recent Reddit AMA.
A new study shows that most people are surprisingly ambivalent about their decision to break up with their partner — even right before they do it.
Molecular biologists are hopeful about the results, but a long road lies ahead—so far this diet has only worked proven wonders on mice.
Pregnancy is proving to be a crucial time to study the effects of hope and optimism within a relationship.
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It could add $83 billion to the U.S. economy in 10 years—and that’s a very conservative estimate.
Many people feel a profound connection to water, whether it’s oceans, rivers, or lakes. Now, science might have found an explanation.
The pharmaceutical industry excels at exploiting the free market by making recovery often inaccessible.
Researchers succeed in deleting key genes from ants, significantly modifying their behavior.
We’re more lonely than ever and this is horrible. Equally horrible? We can’t bare to spend time alone.
A study from Florida State University sheds light on the sudden urge some people feel to jump from a high place.