Mental health has been widely misunderstood throughout history, often seen as a stigma rather than a condition that needs to be treated.

Below, Matt Kaplan shares five key insights from his new book, I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and ...

Several men’s lives were ruined by their discoveries. They might have been better off had they never heard of anesthesia.

What were the standards in asylums in Limerick in the 19th century? Dr Peter Kirwan discovers an antique form of HIQA ...

CAG report reveals overcrowded Odisha jails face severe health and hygiene issues, with inadequate facilities for inmates.

Calamitous carny, Samson Y Hiss, the award-winning composer and record-holding one-man band, brings his psychotic ooze of opera, silhouettes and circus horror to The Great Star Theater in San ...

St Bridgid's Psychiatric Hospital in Ballinasloe closed in 2013 after 180 years, and urban explorers have documented the ...

St. Mary’s Hospital Castlebar Heritage Society has announced a major initiative to acknowledge and commemorate those buried ...

Enter the Letchworth Village Preservation Project (LVPP), which is intent on that. On a recent rainy Saturday morning, the ...

Fairfield Hills was built to help—but over time, something went wrong. At its peak, thousands of patients lived inside a system that was overcrowded, underfunded, and increasingly controversial.

Coca-Cola Co. says it will change the way it markets soft drinks at schools. The company’s action comes in the face of threats of broader evidence that its products can lead to health problems. An ...

An immigration judge has denied asylum to the family of young Ecuadoran national Liam Conejo Ramos, the boy photographed in a bunny hat as he was detained with his father by Immigration and Customs ...