People with prosopagnosia often have difficulty recognizing family members, close friends, and even themselves. A personal essay from a Washington Post staffer about living with face blindness.

While citizens rally and politicians take sides, researchers and medical professionals are coming to the conclusion that using a public health model may help modify gun violence in our country. Like the impact of smoking on disease, or the impact of creating safer cars to decrease auto fatalities - curbing gun violence may be impacted by changing perceptions and behaviors through research.

Almost half of the money raised by crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe and YouCaring go towards medical emergencies and the resulting health care costs. In the conclusion to this New Yorker article we also hear about fraudulent fund raising on GoFundMe, and some of the reasons why it is an inequitable method of providing health care.

Almost half of the money raised by crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe and YouCaring go towards medical emergencies and the resulting health care costs.

: Survey data suggests that anxiety is a major psychological issue in the 21st century. Ways to manage anxiety and move forward despite it. Also a mental health app designed to help people suffering from anxiety.

USA Today supplement Diabetes Awareness, includes personal stories, information on CBD, emerging needle technology, and nutrition.

Outside Magazine chronicles Peter Stark's near-fatal experience with heatstroke. Provides information on the physiology of heatstroke, symptons, and how to treat someone at danger of heatstroke. What makes some people more susceptible to heat-related illness.

Women's hearts are smaller and more physiologically complex than men's. More research is needed to account for these gender differences. Also, research on statins and their effectiveness.

Three connected taxpayer-funded labs are part of the Interventions Testing Program, which is tackling the substantial problem of how to keep people healthier longer. The ITP program may have successfully found a way to arrest again at a cellular level and boost our immune systems with one drug.

Loneliness, now viewed as an epidemic, can affect seniors’ physical and mental health and overall mortality risk. It is being addressed by governments and health care professionals.