The prolonged airstrikes against military and civilian targets in Iran are putting the country's fragile health care system under increasing pressure, according to multiple reports. Iranian officials claim that many pharmaceutical factories and medical facilities have been hit since the US and Israel launched their bombing campaign in late February.
Jonathan Kitchen/Getty Images Artificial intelligence has arrived in the field of mental health. Large health systems and independent therapists alike have begun to adopt different AI tools to manage the delivery of mental health treatment.
Pain and itching can be early symptoms of shingles. triocean/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption triocean/iStockphoto/Getty Images Chad Bernhard knows the pain of shingles firsthand.
When neurosurgeon and journalist Dr. Sanjay Gupta set out to write a book about pain, it wasn't because he felt like he had all the answers. It was because he was still so often mystified by it. "Most of my patients come to me for pain.
Dr. Caspian Chouraya in his home in Mbabane, Eswatini, says U.S. funding cuts have meant many of his projects have shut down, like support groups for teenagers with HIV. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR Studying labor law is not why Dr. Caspian Chouraya went to medical school.
Golf star Tiger Woods said on Tuesday that he was stepping away to seek treatment and focus on his health after he was arrested on charges of driving under influence (DUI) following his rollover car crash in Florida last week.
The US Supreme Court said on Tuesday that Colorado's ban on so-called "conversion therapy" was unconstitutional, violating the First Amendment of freedom of speech. Colorado's law currently bans licensed mental healthcare providers from seeking to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ patients under 18 through therapy.
A commission of experts presented a 66-point plan on Monday that is meant to lower the ever-growing health insurance contributions that Germans have to pay into the system.
A commission of experts presented a 66-point plan on Monday that is meant to lower the ever-growing health insurance contributions that Germans have to pay into the system.
Olga Urbina holds her 9-month-old son, Ares Webster, at a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in May 2025.
Around 17.8 million adults, roughly one in three, are affected by mental illness every year in Germany, according to the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN). Of those, only 18.9% seek treatment each year. Nia* is one of them. "It's not that easy to ask for help.
Big Sandy , in north-central Montana and home to nearly 800 people, is an isolated farming and ranching community about 80 miles from the nearest major town.