Health

Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.

Research from a UMass-Lowell team found that Alzheimer’s patients had certain concentrations of common elements in their blood plasma not present people who did not have dementia.

Jacob Dickison relies on ABA therapy, but insurers often push back about the necessity of his treatment.

Both methods stimulate the stomach to provide a sense of fullness that is then signaled to the brain.

As we round out the year, we checked back in with Nieisha Deed, founder of the wellness platform PureSpark and our community partner for the series.

Dominique Verhelle is co-founder and CEO of the Brighton-based company NextRNA Therapeutics, which uses long non-coding RNA to develop new medications.

Medications approved for treating opioid use disorder — Suboxone, naltrexone and methadone — have made it possible to see progress in preventing overdoses among people reentering free society.

Dr. Gene Beresin says younger generations are more likely to distance themselves from family members due to an increased awareness of abuse and trauma.

People with ADHD are more prone to struggle with these critical cognitive skills, but they're not the only people looking for support.

Multiple studies have found Black people are much more likely than white people to be compulsorily hospitalized.