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 If you feel lonely, you’re actually in good company: Nearly 1 in 4 adults across the world have reported feeling very or fairly lonely, a new Meta-Gallup survey has found. The new survey, taken across 142…

When his wife, Diane, died two years ago, Stanley Goldstein was shattered."I couldn't even go in the house," Goldstein told me.I thought he meant it figuratively, but Goldstein went on to say he literally could not bring himself to…

Trichophyton indotineae, a highly contagious and drug-resistant fungus that can cause ringworm, has ... already been spreading widely in South Asia. Pictured here is a rash from a ring worm infection, otherwise known as dermatophytosis or…

Loneliness has long been a growing issue in Canada, but the COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified the problem with increased social isolation and decreased social support. The link between loneliness and physical health is…

Students are overdosing in greater numbers, and school systems are racing to respond by stocking up on overdose-reversing antidotes and coming up with ways to better support students’ mental health.…

Leading psychologists have issued recommendations for healthy social media use by adolescents for the first time.The American Psychological Association (APA) said its unprecedented 10 step guide to limiting youngsters' screen time would…

GROTON, CT - MARCH 23: A box of the opioid antidote Naloxone, also known as Narcan, sits on display ... during a family addiction support group on March 23, 2016 in Groton, CT. The drug is used to revive people suffering from heroin…

California needs a multi-prong attack on the rapidly escalating fentanyl scourge devastating families across the state. That should include educating our kids on the deadly risks of the powerful synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more…

Elizabeth Holmes may be the poster-child of healthcare’s inauthenticity epidemic, but she existed in ... a milieu that enabled unchallenged overstated claims.Associated Press Early in my career, I was enamored of stories of healthcare…

Isolation and loneliness are an epidemic as damaging to Americans' individual and public health as smoking and obesity, the surgeon general of the United States said in a stark advisory issued Tuesday.Nearly half of U.S. adults…