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Daniel Aguilar / Reuters Men, Manliness, and Being Naked Around Other Men
A culture that tells people to "man up" when it comes to nudity invites strange problems.
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Marcel Oosterwijk/flickr Reconciling Life and Quadriplegia
Healthcare providers tend to think paralyzed people have a very low quality of life. Actual spinal cord injury survivors tend to feel differently.
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Cephalgiaphobia: When the Fear of Headaches Causes Headaches
When people preemptively take pain medications, they often make things worse.
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Teaching Doctors How to Think
Clinical decision-making will always be imperfect. But there are ways to make it better.
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Toward the Treatment of Alzheimer's With Electrical Shocks to the Brain
Deep brain stimulation, currently used to treat tremors, may one day be able to preserve and restore memories.
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Creative Aging: The Emergence of Artistic Talents
Depending which part of the brain is affected, different skills will be preserved or impaired in various types of cognitive decline and dementia. This gradual reformation is what may allow the emergence of new artistic abilities.
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A Blood Clot in Hillary Clinton's Brain: How It Can Turn Out Just Fine
Yesterday evening the U.S. Secretary of State was hospitalized in New York City for treatment and monitoring of a thrombosis in a cerebral vein. What that means
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In Alzheimer's Disease, Maintaining Connection and 'Saving Face'
How people with neurologic disorders open and utilize new channels of expression
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Nobody Declared Brain Dead Ever Wakes Up Feeling Pretty Good
There's a difference between being in a coma and a vegetative state. The stories confusing the two are hindering organ donor education.
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The 5 Things You Must Know Before Leaving the Hospital
Hospitalizations have become an accelerated process, and today's medical practitioners are often too busy to go over all of the specifics.
