We are facing down a dark cloud of uncertainty over the future of Medicaid, our national health insurance program for the ...

Recently, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, called social media “a terrorist organisation.” When the news broke, the first reaction of most people who heard it was that of ...

Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost ...

Alternatively, some people may be born with a mix of male and female sex characteristics (such as a uterus and testicles) that can’t be seen on the outside. When someone doesn’t fall exactly ...

What Is a Shared Psychotic Disorder? A shared psychotic disorder is a rare type of mental illness in which a healthy person starts to take on the delusions of someone who has a psychotic disorder ...

This article explains what happens to the body during fasting and what a person can do to make fasting safer. When glucose in the blood sufficiently meets the body’s energy demands, the liver ...

People with a compromised immune system are more likely to ... Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy, is caused by the slow-growing bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. It ...

Experts hope to uncover the remains of an 11th-century building that was used for 500 years as a hospital called a leprosarium; which people with leprosy would have admitted themselves into.

Manipulative behavior refers to a person's use of gaslighting, love bombing, and other behaviors used to gain power or influence over another. These relational tactics often damage another person's ...

DEAR ANNIE: I’ve always been a people-pleaser, and it’s wearing me down. My boss, “Mark,” constantly asks me to take on extra tasks because he knows I won’t say no. Last week ...

The Social Security Administration has temporarily closed 11 field offices around the country. Some temporary closures are due to scheduled maintenance and have reopen dates. Field offices are the ...