Why Are So Many Psychiatric Patients Forcibly Detained and Treated?
Governments and treatment providers don’t want to publicly expose “the dark heart” of our mental health system, experts say
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How Bad Is Alcohol, Really?
New health recommendations suggesting Canadians cut back touched a nerve. But drinking customs are constantly evolving
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How I Tried to Stop Snoring, Fix My Sleep Habits, and Confront My Mortality
I wanted a quick fix even if that quick fix was strapping a glorified bike pump to my face
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Taking It Slow: What Turtles Can Teach Us about Living Longer
A conservation demographer explains how the secret to a long life might be found under a hard shell
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Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic
Monotony and anxiety wrought havoc on our brains. Can we bounce back?
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The Mental Health Crisis on the Other End of the Phone
Remote work has transformed the already challenging overnight shift for crisis hotline operators into a deeply lonely one
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2022: Health Stories
From bibliotherapy to the urgent need to improve indoor air quality, a look at health stories big and small
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COVID-19 Brings the Importance of Indoor Air Quality to the Forefront
Until the COVID-19 pandemic, we rarely thought about indoor air quality as a serious health threat
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Finding a Father on Facebook Marketplace
Why prospective parents are turning to social media for sperm donations
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Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away?
It was pulled from the market almost immediately after it was developed in 1998. Twenty-five years later, the painful disease is on the rise
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