The Insulin Coma Therapy Mystery Despite its serious risks and studies showing the therapy had no real medical value, as late as 1969, one leading textbook of psychiatry called insulin coma therapy “a landmark in psychiatric progress.” Why?

A Therapist’s Perspective A therapist talks about managing major depressive disorder (MDD): what to expect, strategies for dealing with setbacks, and when to talk to your therapist.

Managing MDD and Your Job Major depressive disorder (MDD) at work: tips, strategies, who to tell, what to do, and asking for accommodations.

Kids Are Learning, Even When They’re Not Paying Attention A new study shows that children’s apparent inability to pay attention may actually allow them to outperform adults and retain information that they were told to discard in ways that adults can’t.

Endometriosis Care in Transgender Adults Endometriosis isn’t only seen in cisgender women. Read about endometriosis signs, symptoms, and care in transgender people.

Using Ozempic for ‘Minor’ Weight Loss: Fair or Foul? Ozempic is already sometimes difficult to find. Now those who are using to drop a few pounds are making it harder for those who need it.

Grip Strength Is a Crucial Vital Sign Your Doc Has Never Taken Grip strength, at any age, reveals clues to your overall health, can red-flag future disease, and even help predict how long you’ll live. Here’s how to measure and improve it.

Long COVID Treatment Trials – Finally – Set to Start In December 2020, Congress approved $1.15 billion for the NIH to research and test treatments for long COVID. The new clinical trials are phase II, meant to test safety and effectiveness. But some advocates are concerned the process is still moving too slowly.

More Than 2 Million in U.S. Have Inflammatory Bowel Disease A groundbreaking study estimates nearly 1 in 100 Americans have inflammatory bowel disease and shines a light on the growing burden the disorder inflicts in the United States, where up to 56,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.

Women Increasingly Dying of Alcohol-Related Causes Researchers have known for several years that the sex gap related to alcohol use and complications is narrowing. Women are drinking more, engaging in more high-risk drinking, and increasingly developing alcohol use disorder.

Playing Through the Pain of Ulcerative Colitis Two-time Olympian and former professional soccer player Rosie White shares how she overcame ulcerative colitis on and off the field.

Multiple Myeloma and Your Relationships WebMD explores how multiple myeloma affects your relationships with family, friends, and significant others.

Olive Oil Is Having a Moment. Is It the Ultimate Superfood? Olive oil has been tied to lower risks of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s, and early death in general.

What to Know About Multiple Myeloma When you get a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, you may not even know what it is. Find out why this type of cancer is different from most others and what your treatment options look like.

‘I’m Too Young for This’: Life With an Early RA Diagnosis Thanks to early diagnosis and new treatment options, people with RA – even younger adults in the midst of career development, family-building, and active lives – can experience remission.

Getting Support for Multiple Myeloma People who have multiple myeloma often need emotional and psychological support. You can get this from social workers, psychologists, support groups, and peer counselors.

Things People With Multiple Myeloma Wish You Knew Multiple myeloma can take a toll on your life, but better treatments are bringing hope. And a diagnosis doesn’t mean you have to put your life on hold.

Protecting Your Eyes and Ears During the Summertime Summer is a time of fun and enjoyment, vacations, camp, and family trips. But many popular activities of summer, such as swimming, can have safety risks, especially to the eyes and ears.

Going Vegetarian May Help Your Heart and Lower Diabetes Risk In people with heart or other vascular diseases, or who are at risk of them, a new analysis shows that vegetarian diets are linked to lower cholesterol and body weight, and better blood sugar control.

Misconceptions About Genomic Tests There’s a lot of confusion about the purpose of genomic tests. Find out how to separate fact from fiction.