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Negative childhood experiences can set our brains to constantly feel danger and fear says psychiatrist and traumatic stress expert Bessel van der Kolk.…
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Though heart disease is the number-one killer of both men and women in the U.S., women are often not aware of their risk. One reason for this may be that…
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This week on Sound Medicine: a different way of looking at heart disease for women, dealing with chronic health anxiety, the public safety net program for…
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New numbers released by the federal government reveal a continuing upward trend in drug overdose deaths, with 43,982 deaths in 2013 from both prescription…
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If you've ever made a doctor’s appointment because of severe neck pain, exhaustion, or sinus pressure, only to be told that your symptoms are “normal” or…
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Your Stat correspondent treads lightly around a potentially heavy topic.
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What's floating in the air that those bathroom air dryers are blasting onto your clean hands?
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Ask any dog owner and they will tell you with certainty that their four legged friend can understand them. Now a study from the UK confirms it.Researchers…
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On this week's edition of Sound Medicine, we hear from palliative care physician Larry Cripe on how his daughter's life-threatening injury changed his…
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Low back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability, accounts for more than 149 million lost workdays per year in the United States alone,…