Psychology & Psychiatry

How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain?

Mental illness often occurs for the first time during puberty and in young adulthood. This is because during adolescent brain development, a pronounced remodeling of cognitive networks takes place.

Health

The dangers of heat-related illnesses

Prolonged exposure to both heat and humidity can lead to heat-related illnesses—from heat cramps to exhaustion to life-threatening heatstroke.

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Illness

Illness (sometimes referred to as ill-health or ail) can be defined as a state of poor health.

It is sometimes considered a synonym for disease. Others maintain that fine distinctions exist. Some have described illness as the subjective perception by a patient of an objectively defined disease.

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