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Do You Want Therapy in Virtual Reality?

Given the choice between seeing a therapist in real life or in virtual reality, which would you choose? Research results may surprise you.

COVID-19 stay-at-home orders have had a divided impact on health, and new research finds that the effect is different for people with obesity.

Less access to healthcare may be leading to worse outcomes for people with Alzheimer’s in rural areas—but a change due to COVID-19 just might help.

Loneliness is recognizable in brain maps that capture levels of closeness with others and feelings of similarity to or difference from others.

Springtime plants are proving their worth more than ever as most of the world continues to shelter in place from COVID-19.

In the midst of a global warming crisis, a new study finds that hot days above 80 degrees are taking a toll on people’s psychological well-being.

A resurgence of testing of psychedelics, which fell from grace in the mid-twentieth century, sheds new light on their therapeutic benefits.