Mounting evidence indicates that proinflammatory signaling in the brain affects mood,
cognition, and behavior and is linked with the etiology of psychiatric disorders, including …

Background Most patients have families that are providing some level of care and support. In
the case of older adults and people with chronic disabilities of all ages, this “informal care” …

Family support is a key driver in remaining in one's home and in the community, but it comes
at substantial costs to the caregivers themselves, to their families, and to society. If family …

As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will
face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific …

BACKGROUND: Chronic stressors are known to increase vulnerability to medical illness, but
the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood. METHODS: To identify …

Abstract Study Objective: Sleeping more than 7 to 8 hours per day has been consistently
associated with increased mortality. Whether this association is causal and what pathways …

La salud humana y en especial la salud de las mujeres ha estado mediatizada por las
relaciones de poder, tanto por las influencias patriarcales en el desarrollo de las ciencias de …

Background The rapid expansion of the Internet has increased the ease with which the
public can obtain medical information. Most research on the utility of the Internet for health …

This study investigates whether transitions into and out of unpaid caregiving are associated
with increased risk for onset of or delayed recovery from psychological distress, and traces …

Even for patients receiving complex, intensive medical care for serious and life-threatening
illness, family caregiving is typically at the core of what sustains patients at the end of life …