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America’s Age Old Mental Health Crisis

In 1956, my uncle John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator, wrote a book that is probably ...

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Sliding into the Future: A Reading List on Snowsports

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‘It’s a deep emotional ride’ – 12 young people in Philly’s toughest neighborhoods explain how violence disrupts their physical and mental health

An interaction with police caused one young man's heart rate to spike to 130 beats per minute, and i...

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Check In On Those Around You

This is a powerful public service announcement about mental health from Norwich City FC and Sama...

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At one with the machine—How sim racing has helped me practise mindfulness

Andy Edser, Hardware writer(Image credit: Future)This month I've b...

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Why diversity in nature could be the key to mental wellbeing

The mental health benefits of biodiversity can be experienced by everyone -- not just those who live...

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NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Brad Flick, center...

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25 Best Sims 4 Mods To Download In 2024

Finding the best Sims 4 mods amid an ever-expanding, endless sea of custom content is oftentimes dau...

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Is the White House being hypocritical about TikTok?

On April 24, President Joe Biden signed a bill that started the clock on TikTok's future in the Amer...

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Will New Zealand’s school phone ban work? Let’s see what it does for students’ curiosity

Getty ImagesWith the coalition government’s ban of student mobile phones in New Zealand schools c...

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America’s Infectious-Disease Barometer Is Off

The ongoing outbreak of H5N1 avian flu virus looks a lot like a public-health problem that the Unite...

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String of killings have put spotlight on adequacy of mental health care in UK

Hainault attack may be latest incident linked to mental ill-health, at a time when NHS services are ...

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Hot 100 First-Timers: Punk-Rap Duo $uicideboy$ Debut With ‘Us Vs. Them’

New Orleans punk-rap duo $uicideboy$ scores its first entry on th...

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'American Idol' alum Mandisa's father says there are 'no signs' of self-harm amid ongoing death investigation

Nearly two weeks after "American Idol" alum Mandisa was found dead in her Tennessee home, her father...

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Violence against women is both a legal and cultural problem. What can we do to address it?

Australia is finally having a sustained conversation about violence against women and what we can d...

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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

When Marianne Smith was teaching computer science in 2016 at Flathead Valley Community College, in K...

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Perimenopausal women have 40% higher risk of depression, study suggests

Researchers examined data from seven studies involving more than 9,000 women around the worldPerimen...

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Plaintiff's father testifies against him in NH youth detention center abuse case

The father of a man who says he was regularly raped and beaten as a teen at New Hampshire’s youth ...

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Widowed dad should not take girlfriend on annual father-daughter trip, Reddit users insist

A Reddit user whose girlfriend objected to being left out of his annual father-daughter trip is comp...

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Common mental health problem can shorten cancer survivors’ lives, study finds: ‘Critical issue’

Cancer survivors who feel lonely tend to have a greater risk of dying, research suggests.The study, ...

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6 psychological mistakes business leaders make, including 'crossing the net'

Maskot/Getty ImagesDr. Matthew Jones is a psychologist who helps cofounders work through issues toge...

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