Mixed Topics
Commentary
Overburdened: Health care workers more likely to die by suicide
It’s time we acknowledge and support the people in our profession who seem to be suffering more than any of us: the aides, the techs, the support...
Feature
The unappreciated healing power of awe
“Feelings of isolation are quite difficult, and we’re social creatures, so when we feel connected, we can benefit from it.”
From the Journals
Artificial sweeteners in processed foods tied to increased depression risk
“Given this potential association between ultraprocessed food and multiple adverse health conditions, wherever possible individuals may wish to...
From the Journals
Job-related stressors tied to increased CHD risk in men
“Integrative and interdisciplinary approaches should be used to tackle psychosocial stressors at work.”
From the Journals
Stress, insomnia tied to increased AFib risk for older women
The results support the hypothesis that psychosocial predictors account for additional risk for AF “above and beyond” traditional AF risk factors...
Commentary
Disenfranchised grief: What it looks like, where it goes
Disenfranchised grief, the grief that is hard to share and often seems wrong to feel in the first place, can be triggered in many situations.
Commentary
Barbie has an anxiety disorder
What happens when an entire global population is exposed simultaneously to trauma?
Hard Talk
The cult of the suicide risk assessment
The rising fascination with repeated suicide risk assessment is misguided in its current form.
Feature
Domestic violence in health care is real and underreported
Tasked with screening for abuse, medical professionals often struggle to recognize their own experiences of domestic violence and rarely ask for...
From the Journals
Resident creates AI alternative to U.S. News med school ranking
After med schools dropped out of the U.S. News and World Report medical school ranking system, a resident decided to create a do-it-yourself...
Latest News
FDA to step up oversight of cosmetics, assess ‘forever chemicals’
The cosmetic products include makeup products, nail polishes, shaving creams, other grooming products, perfumes, face and body cleansers, hair...