Financial hardship is a top risk factor for suicide attempts
According to a new study, people who have recently experienced severe financial strain may have a 20-fold higher risk of attempting suicide than those...
Critically ill patients have robust immunity to new coronavirus
A new study suggests immune responses to coronavirus in severely ill and critically ill patients are as strong or stronger than those of patients...
Inequality may increase prostate cancer mortality in Black males
Differences in education, household income, and health insurance status partly explain reduced prostate cancer survival after surgery in Black males compared with white males,...
No evidence of ‘cytokine storm’ in COVID-19
A study of COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands did not find the disease to be associated with cytokine storm, as previously suggested. This may...
Through my eyes: Surviving cancer twice
“Helen, I’m so sorry to tell you that you have stage 4 ovarian cancer.” I will never forget hearing those words.Share on PinterestCancer treatment...
Through my eyes: Hidden dental infections
It was 2011, our little boy was 5 years old, and our life was the stuff of dreams.I was a stay-at-home mom, and I...
Through my eyes: Surviving encephalitis
Let me start by saying that before I got sick, I went to school for social work before training to be a dental hygienist....
Through my eyes: COVID-19, breast cancer, and counseling others
My name is Diane McCarthy Prost. I’m a 57-year-old mother of three boys, and I’ve been married to my husband Bob for nearly 30...
Through my eyes: How COVID-19 turned my life upside down
Please note: This article contains some content that our readers may find distressing.It all started in early February when the SARS-CoV-2 virus reached Italy....
Through my eyes: Misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and living with endometriosis as a...
My name is Nadine Dirks; I am a 24-year-old woman from South Africa who has been living with stage 4 endometriosis for over a...
