Surviving friends and family of a person who dies often go through deep grief. Ker_vil/Shutterstock.comIn most U.S. medical schools, lessons about death naturally focus on the care of the dying patient. But there is another group of people to whom health professionals need to learn to attend: the dying patient’s family and friends. In...
Venezuela, the South American country convulsed by economic and humanitarian catastrophe, has defaulted on some of its debt after missing an interest payment due in October.
Even as investors meet in Caracas to discuss restructuring US$60 billion in foreign debt, the country is in urgent need of international financial assistance.
Yet few nations...
Sufriendo colapso económico y crisis humanitaria, Venezuela ha entrado en default después de que incumpliera el abono de los intereses en dos bonos.
El país necesita urgentemente ayuda financiera internacional, pero a esta altura resulta insensato esperar una mejora de la economía doméstica, la aceptación...
Most mass killers have one common trait – a propensity for domestic violence.sdecoret/Shutterstock.comWhat do most mass killers have in common?
As a researcher who studies coercive control in intimate relationships, I can point out a few key characteristics. First, they are men. Additionally, they have a history of controlling and abusing...
Read more: Most mass killers are men who have also attacked family
pimchaweeAround 2012, something started going wrong in the lives of teens.
In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless – classic symptoms of depression – surged 33 percent in large national surveys. Teen suicide attempts increased 23 percent. Even more troubling, the number of 13-...
Read more: With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there's a likely culprit
John Fekner's art warned others of toxins poisoning the planet. Fekner at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA“The South Beach Diet” sold 23 million diet books. Dr. Atkins sold another 15 million. Even lesser-known diet books like Christian best-sellers “The Maker’s Diet” regularly sell millions of copies.
This isn’t a...
The intensity of heavy downpours in Houston has increased dramatically since the 1950s, leading some people to argue the city's disaster planning and infrastructure are not up-to-date. AP Photo/David J. PhillipRemember the movie “Moneyball”? The Oakland A’s are struggling, financially and on the baseball field. Then they...
A bottlenose dolphin leaping from the ocean in Panama.Christian Wittman/Shutterstock.comA team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the U.S. recently reported the discovery of pathological signs of Alzheimer’s disease in dolphins, animals whose brains are similar in many ways to those of humans.
This is the first time that these signs...
Middle-class homeowners need credits, not deductions.Konstantin L/Shutterstock.comRepublican lawmakers’ plans to rewrite the tax code would make it harder for most Americans to take advantage of the mortgage interest deduction, which has angered many who claim it’ll push homeownership out of reach for millions of middle-class...
Read more: Mortgage interest deduction is a terrible way to help middle-class homeowners
Should the future of voting look more like the past?AP Photo/Alex BrandonElection Day 2017 seems to have gone smoothly.
There were few contests of major consequence and turnout was low – with Virginia the most notable exception. Election integrity – the extent to which the outcome of the election matches the will of the voters –...
