As medical professionals, we are trained to assist people who are injured or in need of help. We're taught to run toward a crisis, not away from it. When someone is hurt, when someone is dying, we don ...

In all of the nonsense that I have come across in 2025 – and there has been a lot of nonsense this year – a quote from Elon Musk takes the cake. In an interview, Musk stated, “The fundamental weakness ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too ...

One of the most important things people can do in their lives is help others. In 2024, charitable giving reached $592.5 billion, according to a Giving USA Report. This number includes individual ...

Spending a few hours a week in the service of others- such as helping neighbors or relatives- may slow brain aging. The corresponding study was published in Social Science, "Many older adults in ...

WASHINGTON - As people age, conversations about brain health tend to focus on decline - what slows, what fades, what becomes harder. Less often discussed is how everyday roles and routines shape ...

Alexis Matthews spends her days helping people who call United Way of Chattanooga's 211 help line. She hears clients' needs and matches them with the resources and organizations in their area to meet ...

Aaron Miller has a doctorate in history and is a free-lance writer. He is a columnist for The Republic, a sister newspaper of the Daily Reporter. Columns such as this, published on a printed page or ...