Many people use “depression” as shorthand for feeling low, while others dismiss depression as “just sadness”. Here, we explain the difference using clinicians’ cues: Trigger, duration, functioning, ...

Adolescents who report pain at the age of 18 are at higher risk of later self-harm. This is shown by a new study from ...

Over the past two decades, the concept of mindfulness has become hugely popular around the world. An increasingly ubiquitous ...

The mom had stopped getting Pap smears after giving birth. When she was diagnosed with cancer twice, unusual pets helped keep her going: “They bring me so much happiness." ...

Not all events in your day will be happy ones, but there are those moments of joy that can appear unexpectedly. New positive ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

What if the way we pursue happiness is part of the problem? This post explores why meaning, vulnerability, and depth—not pleasure alone—create lasting well-being.

A sweeping review of over 200 studies finds that aerobic exercises like walking and cycling offer the best pain relief and mobility gains for knee osteoarthritis. Compared to other types of exercise, ...

Audio Timeline Slider: Use the left or right arrow keys to decrease or increase the slider value. Period pain, Payne says, is a key variable in health studies that may seem unrelated to menstruation, ...

Each weekday, in our Management Tip of the Day newsletter, HBR offers tips to help you better manage your team—and yourself. Here is a curated selection of our favorite Management Tips on finding ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

What does happiness come down to? “Good relationships keep us healthier and happier.” That's what over 85 years of research from Harvard tells us. The human experience has shown us the same thing ...