Chronic Illness / Disability

If your doctor walked into the room and told you, “Your test came back positive; you have HIV,” how do you think you would you react to the news? In 2013, according to the Centers ... Read More

True or false: If you’re coping with a chronic illness, exercise can be one way to manage your physical and emotional symptoms. If you said true, you are correct! In the past, doctors ... Read More

For most people, the concepts of learning and emotions immediately call to mind images of the brain. However, the central nervous system cannot function without the spinal cord. Doctors ... Read More

A 28-year-old woman sits across the room from me. Recently diagnosed with bipolar, she is slowly but surely accepting her diagnosis. With a perplexed look, she asks, “But what, exactly, ... Read More

A while back, I worked with an adolescent who was diagnosed with diabetes. She and I often talked about disclosing her diagnosis with others; she revealed that she had told only one person ... Read More

The diagnosis of a chronic illness can alter a person’s life in more ways than one. It can cause changes in physical abilities, nutrition, sleep habits, and routines. Chronic illness ... Read More

Echolocation is a kind of sonar commonly associated with bats and dolphins, who use echolocation to navigate the world and communicate with others. Because human ears aren’t as sensitive ... Read More

Parkinson’s disease, which produces changes in mental health while steadily robbing people of their motor skills, affects about a million adults. Every year, doctors diagnose 60,000 ... Read More

For many people, the holidays can be stressful. Between parties, financial expenses, travel, and family time, anyone can become physically and mentally exhausted. If you’re dealing with ... Read More

Although fibromyalgia affects about 5 million people in the United States, doctors still don’t fully understand the condition. Fibromyalgia is far more common among women than men, ... Read More

Unless you completely avoid all social media, you’ve probably seen dozens of friends, family, and celebrities dumping buckets of ice water on their heads, often while talking about ... Read More

When a family member is diagnosed with a chronic illness, he or she is not the only person who has to deal with the diagnosis—the entire family is affected by it. Think of a car: every ... Read More