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An interim leader of Germany’s junior governing party is stepping down after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The Social Democrat Party’s Manuela Schwesig says she is confident of making a full recovery but needs treatment and won’t be able to attend every public appointment in the coming months. Schwesig said Tuesday she plans to give […]

Image copyright Getty Images A new blood test can detect if a person has lung cancer before symptoms ever develop, research has shown. Experts carried out a random controlled trial on more than 12,000 people in Scotland who were at high risk of developing the disease. They found people who took the test were more

Smartphones and social media have turned the concept of work-life balance into something more like a work-life continuum over the past decade, and judging from the beauty industry’s newfound obsession with 24-hour-wear makeup, cosmetics companies have clearly taken note. As if to keep pace with a consumer who never stops working, these foundations, lipsticks and

Image copyright Getty Images The type of job somebody does is a big factor in the risk of suicide, figures released to BBC Scotland show. A breakdown of National Records of Scotland (NRS) data has revealed that male-dominated jobs, such as farm workers or tradesmen, have a higher suicide rate than other occupations. However, it

Checkups for your mind are just as important as those for your body. But you wouldn’t know it from the way many people still talk and think about therapy. While society is more accepting of mental health than it’s ever been, there’s still some level of shame associated with seeing a therapist. It’s not uncommon

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A majority of people thought it was OK for the brain to be hacked to help those with medical conditions but not for enhancement Devices that merge machines with the human brain need to be investigated, a study has said. In future, “people could become telepathic to some degree”

Working with a good therapist can bring about positive change in your life, but the road to finding “Dr. Right” can be bumpy and winding at times. Ideally, you want someone with an office location that’s convenient to you, who’s accepting new patients, has experience dealing with your particular set of issues, puts you at

Image copyright Jeffrey Andree, Reinier de Vries and Korkut Uygun Image caption Scientists prepare the liver for subzero storage Supercooling human livers to -4C triples the time they can be kept before transplant compared with putting them on ice, US researchers say. It slows the metabolic rate to prevent damage, Nature Biotechnology reports. It means

Katie Roscher, a writer living in New York City, doesn’t shy away from talking about her therapy experiences on dates. “Therapy is an important part of my life, so I tend to try to bring it up within the first three or five dates,” the 31-year-old said. “Not in a serious way, but kind of

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills Monday to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for school children’s vaccinations. The Democratic governor quietly acted less than an hour after lawmakers sent him changes he demanded as a condition of approving the bills, even as protesters outside his office chanted for him to veto