Category: 4. Health

News that Rite Aid is going to once again file for bankruptcy and sell off its assets doesn’t mean shuttered brick-and-mortar stores will re-open…

Imagine if every physician and nurse had a clinical partner as capable, knowledgeable and reliable as they are. Not a junior resident to supervise or a chatbot that summarizes notes, but an associate capable of solving novel problems, reasoning across specialties and making sound medical decisions 24/7 without burnout or bias.

That…

According to a 2024 report by Inside Higer Ed, a sense of belonging is a key factor in student retention. A 2025 report on Forbes.com also suggested that a sense of community is a potent source of health and well-being for many students. Because of such findings, many colleges and universities invest in ways to enhance a sense of community and belonging on campus.

There are perceived barriers to establishing a sense of belonging and community on campus. As…

Diane Farr isn’t a firefighter. But she does play one on TV, specifically division chief Sharon Leone in the CBS series Fire Country. That’s entailed her working closely with wildland firefighting experts on the set. Farr’s living in the Los Angeles area has also brought her close-up views of the havoc…

Mother’s Day takes on new meaning when you’ve lost your Mom. Instead of day to get your mom a card, flowers, meal or a book entitled There Are Moms Way Worse Than You, Mother’s Day becomes a stark reminder of what you are missing. The person who did so much for you and your life, as I have detailed in Forbes previously, is gone.

Today, Mother’s Day 2025 is the first one for me without my…

More talk and fewer pills are being employed to help Americans maintain their mental health, a new study says.

Psychotherapy is assuming a larger role in mental health care,…

Sudden cardiac death causes about half of the roughly 500,000 cardiovascular deaths that happen every year in the US. The vast majority of these deaths are due to coronary artery disease (CAD). Although there are treatments that can prevent mortality, many people never use them because they don’t know there is a problem. But scientists have now created a better method for predicting CAD compared to current methods. When it was developed, the method…

Doctors often start exams with the so-called “eyeball test”—a snap judgment about whether the patient appears older or younger than their age, which can influence key medical decisions.

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Spend too long on social media and you might start to hear the term “cortisol face” used to describe someone with supposedly puffy eyes or cheeks. The phrase describes the physical signs that some believe result from prolonged stress, particularly elevated levels of the hormone cortisol. It’s often used to encourage people to do something about their stress…

Last week, President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination of Dr. Jennifer Nesheiwat to be the Surgeon General of the United States. Instead, he nominated Dr. Casey Means, a 37-year-old wellness…