Month: December 2023

These simple and proven strategies will help you manage stress and find meaning in the new year. View original article Contributor: Christina Caron and Dana G. Smith

Whether you feel reborn—or even just a little bit reset—at the start of a new year, consider making your mental health a priority in 2024. Why? “Because that’s the gateway to everything else,” says Guy Winch, a clinical psychologist, author of Emotional First Aid, and co-host of the Dear Therapists podcast. “It’s the linchpin that … Read more

The case study involved just one patient: a 20-year-old woman with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). But the study’s results were so dramatic that they appeared in 2021 in the New England Journal of Medicine.  The woman received a type of cell therapy called CAR-T, which in the past has been used primarily to treat cancer. … Read more

Here’s what to know about the coronavirus variant, which was first detected in the United States in September. View original article Contributor: Knvul Sheikh

Transgender minors in the state will be able to receive gender transition care for now, while the challenge against the state ban proceeds. View original article Contributor: Anna Betts

As in most years, much of the media focus in 2023 was on the myriad crises people all over the world faced, from horrific wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East to devastating natural disasters (many climate-change-related) in Turkey, Southeast Africa, Hawaii, Canada, and more. At the end of this long year, though, it’s … Read more