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 ...

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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 ...

One of the most frustrating myths for me is about cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT for medical illness. A distressing part about these myths is that they are often perpetuated by people in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brittany L. Adler, MD, was a rheumatology fellow in 2017 when she evaluated a young woman with severe fatigue, dizziness, gastrointestinal symptoms, and a bluish discoloration in her feet. Systemic ...