After the UK government started implementing a blanket ban on all psychoactive substances, the inquiry into medical value of numerous substances is placed on hold, with delivery of several highly demanded chemicals disrupted, at least for the time being. As a public health organization, The Josiah Macy Foundation actively monitors

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder with debilitating symptoms, affecting approximately 6-7% of the world population at some point in their lives. Caused by exposure to extreme trauma, PTSD is characterised by altered neuro-cerebral function, and impaired stress response that easily switches to hyperarousal, causing introversion, along with

Your brain grows until you are about twenty-five. After that, it starts to atrophy, losing an average of 0.4 percent of total volume a year with the rate of loss increasing as you age. And though there is not a lot you can do about getting older, there are some

Everyone has experience with stress and anxiety, but not everyone knows how to deal with anxiety and stressful feelings. Anxiety can be caused by anything, from an upcoming presentation at work to a stressful life change like the death of a loved one. These tips will help you to deal

Cancer remains the second highest cause of death in the United States, killing an estimated 585,720 people in 2014 (Cancer.org, 2014). It is a disease that is more dangerous for men, with males 50% more likely to die from cancer than women (Paddock, 2014). Given these statistics, it is important

If you’re ready to start a family but are finding it difficult to conceive, you may have considered infertility treatments. Before you do, be sure to determine the exact cause of your infertility. This way, you may be able to naturally increase your fertility and conceive a child without medical

Poor memory, lack of concentration, and inability to focus have become such common complaints, they’re practically considered “normal”. Despite the fact that we’re living in the 21st century, where access to higher education and modern medicine is widely available, our brains no longer seem to be keeping up. This is

While health education has existed in one form or another for centuries (if not longer), it has only been within these modern times that its importance within our society has become clear. As technology, continues to evolve, so does the importance of health education become even more paramount. However, this

Health education is an extremely broad field and it can be presented under numerous different circumstances. Practitioners can teach within secondary (or primary) educational situations, at university or informally through seminars and other social settings. Of course, encompassing the disparate fields of this sector can be quite challenging. Some of

Like many disciplines, this research has come a long way in the past hundred years. At the turn of the twentieth century, this research was primarily based off of the concept that deadly diseases were the primary priority. With pandemics such as the Spanish Flu and cholera still running rampant,