As a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, I recently gleaned three new insights from my oncologist and phlebotomist.

Scientific literature tends to treat the mind and body as separate entities, but humanistic works capture the psychological effects of cancer—loneliness, grief and anxiety. By narrating the emotional ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely felt anxiety inside your ...

In mice, stress altered the way that the brain packaged memories, resulting in an unnecessary fear response — but drugs were ...

More information: Jacqueline R. Rifkin et al, Anxiety about the social consequences of missed group experiences intensifies fear of missing out (FOMO)., Journal of Personality and Social ...

Time, distance, and their yearning intersection power the lamplit poetry of McClellan’s songs ... Instead of being raptured by fear, McClellan cascades back into truth. Sadness is a conduit ...

Human beings are wired to fear the unknown, and elections, brimming with uncertainty, naturally trigger anxiety and heighten stress levels. Yet, as much as our brains tell us to prepare for ...

And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day.”THIS LINE FROM Patrick Kavanagh’s poem “On Raglan Road”, is ...

There's fear of the unknown, like the anxiety that hits before stepping into something new and uncertain. There's fear of combat or direct confrontation, a very raw kind of fear that can strike in ...

Election seasons tend to stir up collective anxiety, amplified by relentless negative news cycles and uncertainty about the future. This heightened stress isn’t just imagined—our brains are ...