Pressure to seem perfect can strain teen relationships, but kindness from peers can help

by Danielle S. Molnar, Dawn Zinga, Hanna Puffer and Melissa Blackburn, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine trying to always appear perfect. You stay on top of the latest beauty trends, excel academically and project confidence in social settings, even when you’re struggling or feeling completely overwhelmed. You workContinue Reading

Fecal Calprotectin Predicts Disease Extent, Healing in UC

Medbrief Fecal Calprotectin Predicts Disease Extent, Healing in Ulcerative Colitis TOPLINE: Fecal calprotectin (FC) levels were significantly associated with disease activity and extent in ulcerative colitis and also predicted mucosal healing. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a single-center prospective observational study to explore the association between FC levels and mucosal inflammatory activityContinue Reading

Huh? The Valuable Role of Interjections

Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words — mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like — that don’t convey any information about the topic of the conversation itself. For many decades, linguists regarded such utterances as largely irrelevant noise, the flotsamContinue Reading

Autoimmune diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long-term damage to physical and mental well-being

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Anxiety, Depression Linked to IBD Flare

BERLIN — Psychosocial factors, such as anxiety and depression, are associated with an increased risk for both self-reported “clinical” and symptomatic, or “hard,” flare in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), suggested a study of UK patients. The research was presented at the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) 2025 Congress. “DespiteContinue Reading

Journalists Discuss a Mysterious, Deadly Illness in Congo and Early Moves by Secretary RFK

KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed a mysterious illness in Congo that has claimed dozens of lives on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on Feb. 26. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Mornings” KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed moves by Secretary of HealthContinue Reading