How Effective Are Routine Depression Screenings?
Despite increasing calls for routine depression screenings for young adults and pregnant women, such screenings raise many questions about their accuracy.
Mourning the Baby That Never Was
In Mira Ptacin's, Poor Your Soul, the question is: How does one grieve a baby that never was? These resources may help us know.
Is There a Part of the Brain That Correlates To Feelings of Love?
Studying the anterior insula, a prune-sized region tucked away at the base of the brain, may provide interesting clues.
Could There Be a ‘Silver Bullet’ Therapy for Ebola?
Monoclonal antibodies may be the key to treating the deadly Ebola virus.
We’re More Sensitive to Our Health After a Celebrity Dies
Data suggests that people are more sensitive to health-related matters after the death of a celebrity.
The Weird Ways Humans Have Tried Curing Hangovers
From ancient Egypt to modern times, the various cures suggested to relieve the hangover.
Why Electroshock Therapy Isn’t Bad for You
Electroconvulsive therapy, or electroshock, has a bad reputation, but medically its efficacy is well documented, even if nobody knows how it works.
Do Tall People Have a Higher Risk of Cancer?
We review the research on the correlation between height and cancer risk.
What Causes Brain Freeze AKA Ice Cream Headaches?
Brain freeze, or the ice cream headache, is still little understood.