Sharing the Real You Is Easier with a Virtual Human

Sharing personal information risks judgment, stigma, and disapproval. Unless you are talking with a computer.

Sharing personal information risks judgment, stigma, and disapproval. Unless you are talking with a computer.

How Medical Marijuana Laws Impact Mental Health

The approval of marijuana for medical use does benefit those for whom it is intended.

The approval of marijuana for medical use does benefit those for whom it is intended.

Does Being Religious Promote Well-Being?

Religion provides its practitioners with community and a sense of purpose, which promotes psychological health, but non-religious people can find these too.

Religion provides its practitioners with community and a sense of purpose, which promotes psychological health, but non-religious people can find these too.

The Compassionate Dilemma

Personal Perspective: How to use compassion like a surgeon’s knife, cutting through regrets, rationalizations, and distractions to reach the rich, complex world of emotion.

Personal Perspective: How to use compassion like a surgeon’s knife, cutting through regrets, rationalizations, and distractions to reach the rich, complex world of emotion.

Great News on Breast Cancer Is Hidden by Alarmist Reporting

A new report on breast cancer carries positive news, and negative news, and the negative is getting far more attention, fueling our outdated fear of "the C word."

A new report on breast cancer carries positive news, and negative news, and the negative is getting far more attention, fueling our outdated fear of "the C word."

The Power of Humming

Discover the stress-reducing benefits of simple humming, for improved heart health and inner calm.

Discover the stress-reducing benefits of simple humming, for improved heart health and inner calm.

What Does a Healthy Mind Look Like?

There's no single agreed-upon definition of "mental health," but here are three cognitive frameworks for defining healthy minds

There's no single agreed-upon definition of "mental health," but here are three cognitive frameworks for defining healthy minds

Harnessing Technology to Reconnect Mind and Body

Explore how wearable tech is revolutionizing the mind-body connection, offering new insights for mental health treatment.

Explore how wearable tech is revolutionizing the mind-body connection, offering new insights for mental health treatment.

Health Professional or Influencer?

Ethical conduct online is just as important as within the consulting room. These 5 questions aim to assist professionals in reflecting on their professional social media conduct.

Ethical conduct online is just as important as within the consulting room. These 5 questions aim to assist professionals in reflecting on their professional social media conduct.

Is Viewing Water Outdoors More Restorative Than Green Spaces?

Whatever the season, many of us are looking for ways to relax and calm ourselves. Being in nature can help reinvigorate body, mind, and spirit, offering moments of awe, calm, and relaxation.

Whatever the season, many of us are looking for ways to relax and calm ourselves. Being in nature can help reinvigorate body, mind, and spirit, offering moments of awe, calm, and relaxation.

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Colon Cancer

Who needs to worry about colon cancer, and what tests will we be able to use in the future for early cancer detection?

Who needs to worry about colon cancer, and what tests will we be able to use in the future for early cancer detection?

Can ChatGPT Diagnose Brain Tumors Better than Doctors?

Study evaluates AI large language model GPT-4 versus human radiologists for diagnosing brain tumors with surprising results.

Study evaluates AI large language model GPT-4 versus human radiologists for diagnosing brain tumors with surprising results.

The Transformative Power of a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Every experience has the potential to transform, but a breast cancer diagnosis brings with it a brush with mortality, a re-examination of life, and questions about femininity.

Every experience has the potential to transform, but a breast cancer diagnosis brings with it a brush with mortality, a re-examination of life, and questions about femininity.

Key Steps Can Make You a Strategic Health Consumer This Fall

A good chunk of your paycheck goes to medical insurance. Know your options. Prudent action and planning maximize every dollar for your family's mental and physical health.

A good chunk of your paycheck goes to medical insurance. Know your options. Prudent action and planning maximize every dollar for your family's mental and physical health.

The Problem of Anxious Parents, Laid Bare in a Dorm Room

A recent report by the Surgeon General underscored how stressed parents in the United States have become — and dorm room decor appears to symbolize that problem.

A recent report by the Surgeon General underscored how stressed parents in the United States have become — and dorm room decor appears to symbolize that problem.

How to Stop Stressing Out About Unusual Body Symptoms

If you have health anxiety, there's a good chance you overfocus on body sensations, which feeds into anxiety. The good news is that you can take steps to reduce this habit.

If you have health anxiety, there's a good chance you overfocus on body sensations, which feeds into anxiety. The good news is that you can take steps to reduce this habit.

The Best Way to Talk to a Child Who's in Pain

Our instinct is to reassure but it's better to validate.

Our instinct is to reassure but it's better to validate.

When Growing Up Parentified Shapes Your Parenting

Raising kids is hard. Raising kids without an emotionally healthy blueprint is harder. Creating a different blueprint with your child requires an awareness of your own needs.

Raising kids is hard. Raising kids without an emotionally healthy blueprint is harder. Creating a different blueprint with your child requires an awareness of your own needs.

Does Mindfulness Meditation Increase Heart Rate Variability?

Mindfulness meditation increases heart rate variability (HRV), reduces stress, and improves sleep quality, but the effects vary across HRV metrics.

Mindfulness meditation increases heart rate variability (HRV), reduces stress, and improves sleep quality, but the effects vary across HRV metrics.

Is Vitamin D Supplementation an Evidence-Based Practice?

Vitamin D supplementation is popular, but its health benefits have recently been called into question. How can we determine if and when supplementation is worth the effort?

Vitamin D supplementation is popular, but its health benefits have recently been called into question. How can we determine if and when supplementation is worth the effort?

Can Strength Training Protect Against Alzheimer’s?

In a recent study, lean muscle mass appeared to be a protective factor against the development of Alzheimer's disease.

In a recent study, lean muscle mass appeared to be a protective factor against the development of Alzheimer's disease.

The Effects of Food on Daily Thinking Ability

Can a plateful of healthy fruits, veggies, and proteins today make you smarter tomorrow?

Can a plateful of healthy fruits, veggies, and proteins today make you smarter tomorrow?

3 Ways Humor Improves Serious Situations

If you're looking for better ways to communicate with children, lighten stressful situations, or share political information, humor is an effective tool to have in your skill set.

If you're looking for better ways to communicate with children, lighten stressful situations, or share political information, humor is an effective tool to have in your skill set.

4 Plant Compounds That Transform the Brain

Plant compounds like caffeine, L-theanine, tryptamines, and polyphenols can alter brain function, potentially influencing focus, stress, cognition, and mental health.

Plant compounds like caffeine, L-theanine, tryptamines, and polyphenols can alter brain function, potentially influencing focus, stress, cognition, and mental health.

Imagine Your Parents Disappeared

It can be helpful for teens to consider the importance of things they may take for granted, such as what their parents do for them, and how they might achieve these on their own.

It can be helpful for teens to consider the importance of things they may take for granted, such as what their parents do for them, and how they might achieve these on their own.

Is Setting Goals Healthier than Enjoying Life?

Let yourself stop and think about what might resonate with you as your sense of purpose. What if you were to juxtapose that alongside how happy you are with your life?

Let yourself stop and think about what might resonate with you as your sense of purpose. What if you were to juxtapose that alongside how happy you are with your life?

The Benefits of Deep Breathing and Why It Works

Researchers are answering the question: What’s going on in the body when we take slow, deep breaths?

Researchers are answering the question: What’s going on in the body when we take slow, deep breaths?

Hungry for (Mis)Information: Nutritional Advice Online

There is a wealth of inaccurate nutrition information online. How do we identify this misinformation and get more accurate nutritional advice?

There is a wealth of inaccurate nutrition information online. How do we identify this misinformation and get more accurate nutritional advice?

What Does Obesity Have to Do With Alzheimer’s Disease?

Excessive weight gain and loss of cognitive skills are associated with a lack of the same hormone.

Excessive weight gain and loss of cognitive skills are associated with a lack of the same hormone.

Let There Be Light — and Darkness — for Our Circadian Rhythms

What has “ticked off” our internal body clocks?

What has “ticked off” our internal body clocks?