What if an altered perception prevents you from identifying a symptom that indicates a serious disease? A recent study by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, published in Nature Health in January 2026, examined whether a common variation in human perception—color vision ...

For many decades, psychologists, psychiatrists, and medical scientists have described two separate components of the human mind. These are referred to as the conscious and the subconscious mind. These two functions of the mind were first described by Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939). He often ...

Outside, a snowstorm is gathering strength. Winds are rising to thirty miles per hour, and two feet of snow are expected over the next two days. Around the dinner table in my home, an unexpected topic of heated debate emerges once again—napping. Danny reports that he has just enjoyed an ...

As you know, we have multiple cancer awareness months. I am very supportive of the concept of our USA cancer awareness months. It gives us all an opportunity to be reminded of the importance of cancer prevention measures, of how important it is to know our family medical cancer history, and to ...

We have all heard the following phrase, believed to have originated in 1894, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Rudyard Kipling, who certainly knew something about the power of words, gives us all some ...

It is reported that the game of volleyball was created in the United States in 1895 by William G. Morgan. Mr. Morgan was the physical director of the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Mr. Morgan aimed to create a game for businessmen that required less physical contact than basketball. He ...