We’ve all seen a news report about someone who got rushed to the emergency room in “critical” condition. Or read a more hopeful story about someone who’s doing "fair" at the hospital. But what do ...

Do you struggle to burp? You may be one of a not-so-small community of people with a condition known as retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD), also known as "no burp syndrome." The condition ...

Six in 10. For older adults, more than eight in 10. That’s how many Americans live with a chronic disease or health condition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the ...

The phrase "the human condition" has always fascinated me. It was coined in 1958 by the political thinker Hanna Arendt, and summarizes for me the complexities, and both the rewarding and difficult ...

She’s an internet star before she can even say the word “viral.” Ayla Summer Mucha, an infant who was born in December, has become a TikTok star after her parents began using the platform to raise ...