Dr. Roach: Prognosis for patient with 'wet brain' doesn't look promising

How is "wet brain" (or Wernicke encephalopathy, WE) diagnosed? My son has been in the hospital, a rehab facility, and now an assisted living facility. Is there hope ...
Self

4 Signs It’s Time to Bring Your Family to Therapy

Even the closest of families can be a little dysfunctional—and if you’ve ever been in therapy, you’ve probably complained about yours during a one-on-one session. But what if you could hash out your ...
Everyday Health

Is Reminiscence Therapy Good for Alzheimer’s? The Hemsworths Say Yes

In a new documentary, actor Chris Hemsworth of Thor fame shows how this dementia treatment boosted his father’s memory and mood. Actor Chris Hemsworth is detailing his father’s experience with an ...
The Conversation

I treat menopause and its symptoms, and hormone replacement therapy can help – here’s the science behind the FDA’s decision to remove warnings

Genevieve Hofmann has participated in advisory boards with Astellis Pharma and Mayne Pharma. She is President-elect of the Board of Directors of National Association of Nurse Practitioner's in Women ...
CNN

US health leaders hailed the benefits of hormone therapy for menopause. Doctors are pushing for balance

On Monday, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced that after 20 years, they were righting a medical ...
CBS News

FDA chief says warning labels deterred women from using menopause hormone therapy: "It's an American tragedy"

Norah O'Donnell is CBS News' senior correspondent and a 60 Minutes contributing correspondent. O'Donnell is also the host of CBS News 24/7's "Person to Person," where she brings interviews that go ...
The New York Times

Are A.I. Therapy Chatbots Safe to Use?

Psychologists and technologists see them as the future of therapy. The Food and Drug Administration is exploring whether to regulate them as medical devices. Psychologists and technologists see them ...
Slate

He Survived “Conversion Therapy”—and Told the Story of Someone Who Didn’t

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When a 14-year-old girl in Boulder ...
The New York Times

A Debate Over ‘Conversion Therapy,’ Once Widely Condemned, Is Back

As more young people identify as transgender, a fight has re-emerged over therapy that questions their gender identities. By Amy Harmon Since at least a decade ago, a rare consensus has prevailed on a ...
CNN

A discredited therapy for gay and trans youth is at the center of a Supreme Court case. Here’s what to know

The US Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is constitutional ...
Scientific American

Supreme Court Weighs Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’

Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Chiles v. Salazar, which challenges Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, a discredited and often harmful practice of attempting to change ...