That Friday, I was dizzy and sick to my stomach with what felt like food poisoning, only sometimes my chest throbbed. I declined my husband's offer of a ride to the emergency room because I had to prepare for a crucial school meeting on Monday....
Not so long ago, I was driving with a friend from Berkeley to Marin County. I waited patiently to pay my toll; I'd let my FasTrak account expire, so I needed to pay cash, the old fashioned way. As I pulled up at the booth and handed over the...
Catharsis is a word with ancient Greek roots, meaning a purging of strong emotions, often through art. In today’s post-draft, all-volunteer era, where fewer than 1% of Americans serve in the military, it’s interesting that the...
Laura Gaydos couldn't believe her own eyes. Excited but unsure, she pulled other people into the lab on the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, to see if they could see what she thought she had just seen. They could....
Last year, maternity leave suddenly got a makeover, courtesy of a most improbable source: Shinzo Abe. Japan’s prime minister is synonymous with machismo-spiked nationalism (he famously denied that women forced into sexual servitude by...
When she first opened her pediatric practice in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris realized that her patients' needs went far beyond routine childhood vaccinations and check-ups. According to...
Johnson, 63, is a retired restaurant cook who receives Medicare and Medicaid. She has diabetes, and has already met with her doctor. Afterward, Wiehrs spends another half-hour with Johnson, talking through her medication, exercise and diet. "So...
Depression is common in teenagers, with 11 percent being diagnosed by age 18, and many more having depressive symptoms. Social and academic stress can trigger depression, and rates of depression tend to peak in adolescence around the age of 16....
Working long hours may increase your risk for diabetes, a new study suggests. But the finding seems to depend on your job. Researchers examined data from prior studies involving more than 222,000 men and women in the United States, Europe,...
Only one of four American children who has health insurance and has been prescribed medication to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also receives some form of talk therapy, according to a new study. The findings raise...
Dr. Stephan Porges discovered in 1994 that trauma in humans comes from our most ancient "reptilian" freeze reflex, as I wr ote la st week . But Porges also says we can...
A young fan wears an Adrian Peterson jersey. [Photo: Ann Heisenfelt/AP] _______________________ Many people are happy that the Vikings kicked Adrian Peterson off the team and that Ray Rice can no longer play for the Ravens. Their off-field violence has cascaded into harm and loss for everyone involved – spouses, children, team, league and fans -- all because of the consequences of their childhood trauma. And the only way the NFL can stop further abuse, harm and loss...
More babies are dying before they turn 1-year-old in the United States than in most of Europe and several other developed countries, a new U.S. government report says. A greater proportion of premature births and deaths of full-term babies are...
The U.S. government announced Thursday that it will launch a massive research effort to explore alternative ways of managing chronic pain among members of the military. Investigators will also examine the use of alternative treatments for...
Physical exercise has many beneficial effects on human health, including the protection from stress-induced depression. However, until now the mechanisms that mediate this protective effect have been unknown. In a new study in mice, researchers...