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How Can I Find the Best Psychiatrist? 09/23/2018 08:00pm • The brain is an intricate organ, and with that complexity comes the possibility for things to go wrong. Although neurologists take care of certain aspects of the brain and diseases that begin there, there's more to having a healthy brain than just nerves. The brain is also responsible for our though Can You Boost Your Mental Health by Keeping a Journal? 09/23/2018 08:00pm • Most of us can list the lifestyle choices that help maintain and improve mental health. Regular exercise, eating a healthy diet, getting adequate sleep and staying socially active are all proven and well-known strategies. But another less-known yet equally simple act also has solid research to supp What local nurses are doing for hurricane victims in North Carolina 09/21/2018 05:41pm • WASHINGTON — Local caregivers who've traveled south to the Hurricane Florence disaster zone are working 12-hour shifts and living in shelters alongside the victims they're helping. "Every person has a story, and each one is unique. Most people have lost considerable, if not everything," said Be Ready to make a donation? Here's how to vet a charity online 09/21/2018 05:02am • Q: Are there any online resources for vetting charities before I make a donation? Charity fraud scams are an ongoing problem, with the expected increase whenever a disaster strikes. Clever fraudsters have become very good at tugging at heartstrings to elicit donations to what will appear as a leg Daily Aspirin Doesn't Appear to Prolong Healthy Life for Older Adults 09/20/2018 08:00pm • If you're an adult in your late 60s or 70s who's physically healthy, mentally sharp and trying to stay that way, taking a daily low-dose aspirin probably won't help that much, new research shows. Until now, there hasn't been much guidance for healthy older people trying to weigh the possible preven Can I Skip Chemotherapy for My Early Stage Breast Cancer? 09/20/2018 08:00pm • Names of clinical trials at times can sound ... well, clinical. Occasionally, though, those names hide big news. Such was the case this past June when news broke with results of the Trial Assigning Individualized Options for Treatment, or TAILORx, which made huge waves in the world of breast cancer. A New Face After Traumatic Injury 09/20/2018 08:00pm • Think about all the functions your face performs: In so many ways, it allows a person to interface with the world -- and not just to interact, either. "It's your identity, you chew, you breathe," says Dr. Dan Ceradini, an assistant professor and director of research in the Hansjörg Wyss Department Divorcing After 50: How Gray Divorce Affects Your Health 09/20/2018 08:00pm • Divorce can be tough on health, no matter your age. Legal uncoupling is listed as the No. 2 stressor on the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory, a scale that predicts which life events are likely to cause a stress-induced health breakdown within two years. And for people age 50 or older, whose divorce rat Tips to prevent 'runner's knee' and other common running injuries 09/20/2018 04:24am • WASHINGTON — Injuries are a risk with any athletic activity, and running is no exception. While strains and sprains can happen to runners, "runner's knee" is one of the more common injuries that befall the group. As training ramps up for thousands of people getting ready for the Marine Corps PHOTOS: For Puerto Rico's poor, hurricane was heavy blow 09/20/2018 12:02am • NARANJITO, Puerto Rico (AP) — After Hurricane Maria hit on Sept. 20, 2017, thousands of Puerto Ricans living below the poverty line were pushed to the brink of despair — struggling for food and housing, diapers and medicine. Gilberto Cosme Rodriguez, 73, gets a $320 monthly pension and spends What Is Gastroenteritis? 09/19/2018 08:00pm • Whether it was during an international vacation-gone-wrong or after touring day care places for your tot, if you've ever had gastroenteritis -- aka the stomach flu -- you probably remember it clearly, but wish you didn't. "Most of the time, the worst part of norovirus is the front end, and that's Philadelphia's Energy Campaign Focuses on Efficiency and Poverty Reduction 09/19/2018 08:00pm • PHILADELPHIA -- Even before the solar panels were installed, Terrie Lewine's house was rigged for low-impact living. The walls are lined with energy-efficient closed-cell insulation. Heat is provided by a series of radiant hot-water tubes built into the floors, instead of less efficient forced-air 3 accused of running $364M investment fraud scheme including victims in Md., DC, Va. 09/19/2018 12:13pm • WASHINGTON — Three men have been indicted in an investment fraud scheme that took more than $364 million from hundreds of victims, largely in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. Prosecutors in Baltimore said Kevin Merrill, 53, of Maryland, along with Jay Ledford, 54, of Texas and Nevada, and Cameron J Exclusions: Adding Complexity for Patients With Rare Diseases 09/18/2018 08:00pm • For patients struggling with rare disease, finding care and navigating the disease is not often easy. Complexities abound, from potentially long time periods between initial symptoms and diagnosis to locating doctors knowledgeable in the disease and starting on therapy (assuming a drug for the cond Getting Great Care Via Video 09/18/2018 08:00pm • While telemedicine may sound 21st century-esque, it's actually been around for decades. From radio consultations between land-based doctors and seafarers in the early 1900s to NASA medical teams tracking the health of astronauts in space starting in the 1960s, doctors and patients have long been ex