Modern western cultures have shifted their focus from groups and classes to the individual and his or her personal right to pursue happiness. Each one of us feels that whatever is within the mantle of our skin is ‘self’, and whatever is outside is some…

Last year I suggested that mirror neurons are the most hyped concept in neuroscience. Discovered in the 90s by neuroscientists in Italy studying monkeys, these are motor cells in the brain (involved in the control of movement) that are also a…

Your doctor may be smart — but is he or she empathetic? It could make a difference on your health, new research suggests.    The new study, published in the journal Academic Medicine, shows that diabetes patients of doctors who scored lower …

Meet Adam Reichart. He’s a 44-year-old homeless man who lives in San Francisco. In his city alone there are 6,500 men and women living without homes. Those are the people Reichart hoped to shine a light on when he agreed to volunteer as part of the Hom…