WebMD: Health disparities is a relatively new field. What’s its focus and purpose? Pérez-Stable: In health outcomes, poor people do worse than people with more resources. It was observed 40 years ago ...

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If you have depression, you're not alone. In fact, in every group of 10 people, chances are that one person is clinically depressed. Because depression is so common, the Affordable Care Act includes ...

Sept. 11, 2025 -- Psychedelics like ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA are emerging as promising treatments for mood disorders that don’t respond to standard care. What has research shown using these ...

It’s that time of year. Millions of people are making a resolution to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle. For too many, those plans don’t last much longer than it takes to sweep away the New ...

Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a compound found in various plants and animals that's used as a mind-altering drug. In large enough doses, DMT can give you a "high" and distort your senses so that you see ...

During his freshman year at Duke University, a persistent headache sent Josh Sommer on a diagnostic journey. The reveal: a tumor right below his pituitary gland in front of his brainstem. Called a ...