Temma Ehrenfeld

Do normal sounds seem unbearable to you? For some people, ordinary noises—for example, from a hair dryer, vacuum cleaner or lawnmower—are louder, sometimes so loud your ears hurt.

Some people can hear very little in one ear—so much so that a standard hearing aid won’t help.

Oh caviar! Oh the Czars! Many cultures have long recognized fish roe as the ultimate superfood.

If your brood consumes omega-3 rich salmon and sardines, you’re in luck. A growing body of evidence suggests that diets rich in these nutrients lower their chance of addiction.

For decades, we've heard that food containing cholesterol is bad for your health. But it's
The good news: you can happily and healthfully enjoy many foods high in both nutrients and cholesterol, notably eggs, pasture-raised meat, and shellfish.

Saint Joan of New York is a retelling of the Joan of Arc story, but this time the heroine is a contemporary New York City high school student. My interview with author Mark Alpert.

Hearing aids can help prevent falls, loneliness and depression and delay dementia.

Navigating the mind-body problem with William James

Are dogs really jealous? Their owners think so and science backs them up.

Treating self harm as a condition, not a symptom could lead to better diagnoses and preventative care.

Can we lessen the likelihood of getting psychiatric disorders? Understanding the role in mental health played by the microorganisms that live in our gut and elsewhere in the body may help.

As hunger and thirst prick you to seek food and water, loneliness is a signal that you need other people. But who wants to admit that they’re lonely? It seems a shameful secret.

If you sit most of the time, sleep too little or poorly and eat the standard American diet, you can end up with high triglycerides.

With her knees and forehead pressing into the carpet, she heard a voice that said, “Slit your wrists, slit your wrists.” She saw herself in the bathtub with the blood flowing.

Suicidal impulses may be their own mental illness--not a sign of depression or a personality disorder.