Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience.

Small studies suggest that psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, may reduce the severity of eating disorders and increase people’s motivation to recover from the condition

It might feel like rocket science, but scientists need to get better at explaining things to people outside academia.

Effectively relating science to the public is a science in itself, and expertise on a topic doesn't guarantee expertise in explaining it.

Multiple sclerosis was once seen as a “dead-end disease.” But lots of little interventions have added up to remarkable progress. Should that change how we take on other conditions?

Unlike in adults, suicide risk among children is lowest during the summer and higher during the school year. Understanding these patterns can help prevent and treat suicidality

This progressive neurodegenerative disorder robs us of our memories. Doctors detail the 6 stages of Alzheimer's disease, to aid in early detection.

Black women in Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States are more likely than their white counterparts to report denial of medication or physical and verbal abuse in health care settings.

Health equity experts say public and financial accountability, solutions-based research, political will and more are needed to narrow racial health disparities.

Neurodevelopmental disorders include ADHD, autism and other conditions that typically appear during a person’s childhood and adolescence.

It's 2023, and youngism still happens all the time — especially to women of color.

If the goal is to insure that the planet remains habitable, what is the right degree of panic, and how do you bear it?

During the pandemic, the proportion of teen girls visiting emergency rooms in mental health crisis rose 22 percent.

Understanding how race is historically and structurally built into the workplace

There’s a limit to the usefulness of pop psychology terms.

A study offers clues to the link between what the brain of an organism perceives and physical reactions in its body.

An endangered language family suggests that early humans used their bodies as a model for reality

Long-hidden documents reveal the University of Texas’s blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era.

The report was the result of a sweeping two-year probe, and it confirmed many of the citizen complaints about police conduct that emerged after Floyd’s death. The investigation found that Minneapolis officers used excessive force, including “unjustified deadly force,” and violated the rights of people engaged in constitutionally protected speech.

Florida school districts had raised questions about an AP Psychology “learning objective” that covers gender and sexual orientation.

Teacher feedback that gives students options can make them feel empowered

The brain processes voices differently depending on the volume of the speaker and if the listener is focused on them

Despite the drawbacks of turning to artificial intelligence in medicine, some physicians find that ChatGPT improves their ability to communicate empathetically with patients.

The residential programs that families and kids turn to for help are in desperate need of reform.

My journey into an a storm of madness.

New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death

On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law-enforcement in New York City.

Death investigators in Utah are among a handful of groups trying to learn how many gay and transgender people die by suicide in the United States.