Where does hoarding behavior come from? Is it something people choose, something they learn, or something encoded in their DNA? A landmark 2009 study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry by ...

Hoarding disorder is often described as if it might be “caused” by a single errant chromosome, but the trajectory of genetic research, from early linkage ...

Bangladeshi-American storyteller, novelist, and screenwriter Sharbari Ahmed has little interest in familiar, formulaic narratives. Instead, she is drawn to stories that exist at the margins—stories ...

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There's a particular kind of silence that settles between aging parents and their adult children. It's not hostile, not even ...

A bike repair kit is unquestionably useful — unless you don’t own a bike and have no plans to get one in the near future.

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For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

I'm writing for advice about a dear friend, "Meg," who we've known for more than 40 years. She has a son, "Rodney," who went ...

The Alzheimer's Society has warned that cravings for sweet, fatty foods or carbohydrates can be an early symptom of ...

I am dreading Wednesday when I must go see Dr. Taylor, the surgeon who did my shoulder replacement, and confess that I have sinned and not faithfully followed the exercise ...