Tag: illness
What is palliative care? How is it different from hospice?
Yael Schenker, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
When most people hear the term palliative care, they look worried or...
Stella Immanuel’s theories about the relationship between demons, illness and sex...
Brandon W. Hawk, Rhode Island College
President Donald Trump has a new favorite doctor.
On July 27, the president and his son Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted...
How to convince your loved ones to get the flu shot...
Helen Colby, IUPUI and Meng Li, University of Colorado Denver
The best way to protect against the flu is the flu vaccine. But even so,...
Feeling sick is an emotion meant to help you get better...
Joshua Schrock, University of Oregon
You know what it’s like to be sick. You feel fatigued, maybe a little depressed, less hungry than usual, more...
Myths around mental illness cause high rates of unemployment
Bandy X. Lee, Yale University
Even though mental illness affects one in five adults – and depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide –...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
