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Are You Gaslighting Yourself? Here’s How to Tell
The word “gaslighting” has caught fire in the past few years. It’s deployed during fights with romantic partners, between family members, and across the Internet. Gaslighting occurs when someone makes you doubt your sanity, memory, and experiences, but people overuse the term to describe even standard disagreements. Yet there’s a type of gaslighting that therapists…
Read MoreWhite House Deal Lowers Prices of Weight-Loss Drugs
The Brief November 7, 2025 How Democrats plan to pivot to midterms, a White House deal lowers prices of weight-loss drugs, and more Skip backward 15 seconds Length: Long Speed: 1.0x Skip forward 15 seconds President Trump announced on Nov. 6 that the manufacturers of popular weight-loss drugs have agreed to reduce prices that Americans…
Read More8 Ways to Stay Healthy As You Age
Most people might not have heard of the Framingham Heart Study. But the massive public-health research effort, now in its 77th year of conducting in-depth analysis of more than 15,000 people, is the source of many insights we now have into healthier aging. It inspired the first checklist for assessing heart disease risk, and our…
Read MoreHow to Make Active Shooter Drills Less Traumatizing
When the Snowflake-Taylor police department in the high desert of Arizona conducted an active shooter drill at Snowflake High School in October 2024, students didn’t take it seriously, says police chief Bobby Martin. They were wandering around campus, laughing, having conversations, and not locking doors. So at the start of this year, the police department…
Read MoreComputer Chips in Our Bodies Could Be the Future of Medicine
The Brief November 6, 2025 Flight cuts to hit 40 busiest U.S. airports due to government shutdown, computer chips in our bodies could be the future of medicine, and more Podcast ID – Short Length: 14b099ff-2a0a-42d8-8b1e-4fe24320ea83 Podcast ID – Long Length: 14b099ff-2a0a-42d8-8b1e-4fe24320ea83 [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It’s been a long time since Alice Charton got a good…
Read MoreWhat Happens to the Plastic in Single-Serve Coffee Pods?
Each morning, millions of Americans press a single button for a hot cup of coffee. As much as they enjoy the instant comfort, it may have hidden health costs. Like many other kitchen products, the pods and cups used inside these coffee machines often contain plastic materials. Studies find these materials can shed microplastics, which…
Read More7 Polite Phrases That Are Still Worth Saying
May we borrow a moment of your time to review basic niceties? You might think you’ve heard them all before—because you have—but certain polite lingo is dropping out of the modern lexicon. That’s bad news for everyone, experts agree. “It’s really important to mind our manners—and I don’t say that as a scold, but I…
Read More6 Migraine Symptoms That Aren’t Headaches
Nearly 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from migraines, making the painful disorder one of the most common that neurologists treat. It’s also among the most confusing. Because of the many ways it can show up, it can take more than a decade to receive an accurate diagnosis. “The general concept about migraine in…
Read MoreHow to Read Facial Expressions, and Why We Get Them Wrong
You prepared thoroughly for a presentation at work, and now you’re dropping wisdom to a packed room. Much as you expected, your colleagues appear wowed and fascinated—except for a guy in the front row. He looks confused. Mid-sentence, you try flashing him your megawatt smile, but he just seems more perplexed, maybe even a bit…
Read MoreYour Gut Could Be Affecting Your Mood
For years, mental health was seen as something that started and ended in the brain. But an expanding field of research is revealing a key player in the story of our emotions: the gut. The trillions of bacteria that live in our digestive tract don’t just help break down food. They appear to communicate directly…
Read MoreWalking a Little Each Day Can Slow Down Alzheimer’s Disease
Being physically active is good for every part of you—including your brain. The latest research shows that it can help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in people who are at higher risk of developing the neurodegenerative condition. Other recent studies have made this connection between exercise and better cognitive health, and those results suggest…
Read MoreYour Medication Might Be Giving You Nightmares
If you’ve been having frequent disturbing dreams and there isn’t an obvious link to what’s happening in your waking life, it may be time to check your medicine cabinet. Many people aren’t aware that common medications can have a negative influence on their dreams. Certain antidepressants, beta blockers to treat high blood pressure, statins to…
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