Earthquakes and seismic activity often happen with sudden movements underground with tectonic plates. Seismographs are used by scientists to measure the time, location and strength of an earthquake.

Could the way doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals measure a patient’s pain be contributing to the epidemic of opioid addiction? Indeed it could, says an article in this week’s New ...

Anxiety is often not an all-or-nothing feeling. Just like other emotions, anxiety exists along a continuum with different levels of intensity. You can picture this continuum using the anxiety ...

We know an earthquake is severe when it has a high magnitude number. The 1985 quake that devastated Mexico City was an 8. The quake that shook central Mexico this week was a 7.1. But what exactly is ...

Methods: The development sample consisted of 1079 HMO members aged 18 to 56 years with persistent asthma. The scale used medication cut-points as predictors for next-year emergency hospital ...

Anxiety isn’t an all-or-nothing feeling and can have different levels of intensity. Sometimes you might feel just a little anxious, other times you might feel extremely anxious. It can be hard to ...