ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we read about how society struggles to provide care for mentally ill patients, both in the U.S. and abroad. First we spend time with an investigation by our colleagues at HuffPost Highline, … Read More »
ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we tuned in for the stellar first episode of Only Human, a new podcast from WYNC about how health shapes our lives. Podcast host and journalist Mary Harris chronicled her experience … Read More »
ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we examined pieces that explored unconventional ways of thinking. A new book by Brené Brown explores why dwelling on failure can actually yield positive results, and a father-daughter team makes … Read More »
ADVERTISEMENT #ad_sharebox_260x60 img {padding:0;margin:0;} ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we’re reading up on situations that aren’t always what they seem. We spent time with the beautiful profile of a prison inmate-cum-poet, written by one of … Read More »
New data released by Sleep Cycle, an alarm clock that tracks sleep patterns, show that teenagers in Europe have the best sleep quality — and teenagers in the United States have the worst. Sleep derivation can lead to a host … Read More »
Unequal health care continues to be a serious problem for black Americans. More than a decade after the Institute of Medicine issued a landmark report showing that minority patients were less likely to receive the same quality health care as … Read More »
ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we couldn’t put down emergency doctor Craig Spencer’s account of recovering from Ebola in New York City last year. We were also awed by video footage of a nipple tattoo … Read More »
Mike Kemp via Getty Images By Beth W. Orenstein On an average day, 30 percent of American adults walk for exercise and with good reason. Walking doesn’t require special equipment or athletic skills, yet it offers a host of health … Read More »
ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. Our news diet this week took a depressing, gender-based turn after we read a disheartening report about how science is still viewed as a male profession around the world. We learned that … Read More »
Edmund Garman | Flickr Hawaii isn’t just a nice state for a vacation. It may also be the healthiest state in which to live, at least according to one metric: Only 19 percent of Hawaiian residents suffer from obesity. That’s … Read More »