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Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused

Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused

Craig Fedirighi

Most teenagers don’t use drugs. There’s data to show that because of a 50-year-old government survey that may now be ...

COVID 5 Years Later: How The Pandemic Changed Everything

COVID 5 Years Later: How The Pandemic Changed Everything

Addrew Shawn

I’ve had two big “C’s” in my life, and they happened at the same time. Five years ago, at age ...

I Had Depression For Years. Then 3 Words Changed Everything.

I Had Depression For Years. Then 3 Words Changed Everything.

Craig Fedirighi

I struggled with depression for seven years before I got medicated. Part of this delay was because the first time ...

Are you catching holiday blues instead of cheer? Here are some ways to find peace

Are you catching holiday blues instead of cheer? Here are some ways to find peace

Craig Fedirighi

Bells are ringing. Snow is glistening. But you’re bummed out. You could be suffering from a case of the holiday ...

I Am Living With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

I Am Living With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Craig Fedirighi

It was a rare beautiful afternoon in Seattle in the spring of 2002, and I was throwing a football around ...

A smartphone free childhood? A global movement is growing

A smartphone free childhood? A global movement is growing

Craig Fedirighi

Photo: Jaromir Chalabala / Getty LONDON — The evidence linking smartphone use with mental health harms in children is growing ...

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

Albert Wagner

“The premise of this is great,” says Earric Lee, a physiologist with the Montreal Heart Institute, who was not involved ...