The Advice Therapists Give People Considering Severing Ties With Family Over Politics
Family estrangements ― a term used broadly to describe situations in which someone cuts off all communication with one or more relatives ― seem to be more common than ever. Over one-quarter of adults responding to a U.S. survey by the Cornell Family Reconciliation Project reported being estranged from a family member. When applied to […]
Opinion | We Can Do More to Help Our Patients’ Caregivers
Unpaid family caregivers — the friends and relatives who step in to play the pivotal role of caring for their loved ones impacted by illness — are the invisible backbone of healthcare systems around the world. They provide invaluable support for our patients. Without these selfless individuals, our healthcare systems would surely crumble. As a […]
Opinion | Roe Is Under Attack: How Can I Help?
Residency is hard when you’re planning to add a child to your family, even when everything goes right. When you find out at 28 weeks that your future child will never breathe without a ventilator, it gets harder. My wife had been having frequent ultrasounds for unrelated reasons. Nothing had been wrong so far. During […]
Rebel Wilson Even Grosses Herself Out With Story About Helping Her Grandpa
Rebel Wilson wasted no time in oversharing about a yucky family matter on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday. (Watch the video below.) Fresh from a visit to her native Australia, the “Senior Year” star said she made a big lunch for her 90-something grandparents when the mishap occurred. Her grandfather Bob bit into a sausage and […]
Nature vs. Nurture: Effects on Genes, Mental & Physical Health
Your Genes and Disease Some genetic diseases and conditions are inherited from your family, while others are caused by changes or mutations in a pre-existing gene, or group of genes. These gene mutations can occur from an environmental exposure or randomly. Click for more about your genes and disease » What is nature vs. nurture […]
Is There a Vaccine for Hepatitis B and C?
What do hepatitis B and C have in common? Hepatitis is a family of viruses that infect the liver. While hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C can all cause short-term infections, hepatitis B and C can also lead to chronic, long-term infections that severely damage the liver over time. This can cause cirrhosis — […]
Brain reveals the risk for developing obesity
Obesity risk factors of family background are associated with changes in the brain function, finds a study conducted at the Finnish Turku PET Centre. The results show that the function of neural networks regulating satiety and appetite is altered already before a person develops obesity. Obesity is a globally increasing health problem, and new interventions […]
Jaws; or, how an African ray-finned fish is helping to rethink the fundamentals of evolution: New research suggests that some evolutionary constraints are the secret to success
A family of fishes, called the cichlids, in Africa’s Lake Malawi is helping researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to refine our understanding of how evolution works. In new research published in Nature Communications, co-authors Andrew J. Conith, postdoctoral researcher in the UMass Amherst biology department, and Craig Albertson, professor of biology at UMass […]