Health and medicine is more than just biological—societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory ...

Critical illness (CI) insurance pays a lump sum if a person is diagnosed with a serious medical condition. It can cover medical and everyday costs not covered by their regular health plan. With CI ...

Anxiety is a response to potential danger. Sometimes, we experience anxiety when there is no danger. In that case, if the anxiety causes significant distress or impairs functioning, it may be from an ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Policymakers and the medical field have long struggled to address the burden of suicide and serious mental illness rates in America. Today, over 14 million American ...

Even through Zoom, I could tell she was unraveling. Her face was drawn, her shoulders hunched, her eyes darting just off-camera like she was bracing for bad news. She told me the incisions from her ...

Illness anxiety disorder, also known as hypochondria or hypochondriasis, is a chronic psychiatric condition in which a person without medical symptoms is preoccupied with worry about having or being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veterans who have long sought recognition for a medical condition linked to their service in the Gulf War earned a major victory ...