Mental health statistics: Mental health disorders make up 4 of the leading 10 reasons for disability worldwide within established market economies, and include: bipolar disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, as well as obsessive compulsive disorder. Approximately 26 % of adult Americans suffer from a mental disorder which is diagnosable within any given year. A lot of… Read More »
WellFest, Ireland’s largest health, fitness, and wellness festival will host an online event in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, ‘WellFest LIVE’, on the festival’s Instagram channel. Ireland’s largest health, fitness and wellness festival is moving to online The online event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, 2020, and will… Read More »
What will it take to develop a vaccine for COVID-19? Johnson & Johnson is taking viewers behind the scenes with an original online video series. Beginning Tuesday, producer and journalist Lisa Ling will host a program titled, “The Road to a Vaccine.” Each 30-minute show will air live online on Tuesdays on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and… Read More »
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. How can we cope personally with the COVID-19 health crisis? How do we explain quarantine to our children? Maintain relationships as… Read More »
As probiotics grow in popularity, a recent study investigates the reliability of online information. They find that the majority of “top” websites provide information that lacks scientific evidence. As scientists have become increasingly interested in the role of gut bacteria, so have the public. In parallel with the microbiome’s rise to fame, probiotics have grown… Read More »
We completed our first MGH Women’s Mental Health online CME program in the Fall of 2019, and we are excited to offer the next round of the course in the series. Thank you for those who participated in the fall. The next course starts February 10, and we can again offer CME/CE to multiple disciplines. The… Read More »