mental illness

A recent study found two-thirds of homeless people have a mental illness, with more than three-quarters of them having experienced it during their lifetimes.

Misguided COVID-minimizers like to say that COVID-19 is no worse than a cold that lasts a few days and then disappears without any sequelae. They’re so wrong, and the evidence of that continues to mount. 

Since our founding in 1978, ACSH has stood for evidence-based science and health in combination with free markets and individual liberty.

Imagine walking down a city sidewalk in winter. It's dark, wet, cold. You come across a man aged well beyond his years staggering along, grasping a wall so he doesn't fall down.

Insomnia is a tricky subject. Those who suffer from the condition -- perhaps 10% of the population -- exhibit a wide variety of characteristics.

Urban legend suggests that full moons cause weird things. It's not as far-fetched as one might think.

Everybody hates heat waves. We hate them so much, in fact, that heat waves have a measurable detrimental impact on our society.

One of my best friends recently commented that it's disturbing how many Nazis, communists, and terrorists he's friends with on Facebook.

We always knew when our PhD advisor was applying for a grant. He would pace the hallways, then go outside and smoke. A lot. (Thankfully, he's quit since then.)

Humans and other animals possess two copies of most genes. This stems from the fact that animals contain pairs of chromosomes, one from the mother and one from the father.