When I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 24, it was a revelation. The more I learned about the condition, the more I began to understand myself. Feelings of worthlessness, difficulty focusing, emotional dysregulation — all of it could be explained so easily by the chemical misfires in my brain. If only someone had told me sooner! 

As I began to make sense of these new discoveries, I started writing about them, hoping to provide for someone else the resources I had been missing. I had always...

It's not hard to see that there's an overwhelmingly negative narrative surrounding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and psychostimulants — drugs that can boost the activity of the body's central nervous — in the United States.

Here's the story we're often told: The U.S. overdiagnoses ADHD and overprescribes these stimulant medications. This phenomenon, which some researchers say is a symptom of hypercompetitive capitalism, will lead to a second “opioid crisis,” where we take drug

It's fair to say a lot has happened in America within the past 300 years, especially once we declared ourselves an independent nation founded on the prospects of equality and justice for all. Of course, "all" in this instance meant "white, land-owning men," many of whom were only a generation or so removed from the group of Puritans who hanged women for "witchcraft."

It would take nearly another century and a half before women would be allowed to vote, meaning that for about half of our country

Beer is one of the most popular alcoholic drinks in the world, and it has been consumed by people across the globe for millennia. But who invented beer?

That question isn’t as simple as it may seem. Hunter-gatherers who were beginning to settle into agrarian societies around 12,000 years ago likely discovered alcohol independently as food they stored fermented. Evidence of a mead-like beverage made of water, rice, honey, and fruit was discovered in Jiahu, China, that dated back to 7000 B.C.E. T...

Many of us are familiar with the experience that is waking up with a particularly bad hangover, the result of too many sugary mixed drinks at a college party or perhaps too many spiked eggnogs at an office holiday party. Hangovers notoriously leave us with headaches, stomach pains, nausea, fatigue, irritability and anxiety; for many, this also means spending the day slumped on a couch with intermittent naps and comfort foods and sports drinks in hand. While hangovers are the most glaringly obvio

In 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a public health emergency and subsequently announced a five-point strategy to combat what we now refer to as "the opioid epidemic."

Mythology and folklore about dragons can be found in a wide variety of cultures throughout history. While specific details may vary, legends about the beasts are among the most pervasive stories humans have ever told. They are so pervasive, in fact, that many have wondered: Are dragons real?

Scientists have generally agreed the answer is a resounding no, yet there is still something peculiar about how widespread the mythological creatures have been in human culture. Today, we can thank the like...