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Julianne Moore's Oscar-winning performance in Still Alice, which opened in the UK last week, is a searing portrait of a woman in the grip of dementia. What begins as random lapses of memory metamorphoses into a state of bewildering disorientation until, in one powerful scene, she is asked by her daughter how she feels. "I feel like I can't find myself," she says. Alice's growing anxiety...

In a hot and crowded school gymnasium, two high school basketball players dive for a loose ball, hitting heads midair. The crowd goes silent; trainers and coaches rush to the players' aid. For many parents, this is what a concussion looks and sounds like. It is dramatic and obvious, and it's why some young athletes are increasingly guided toward less physical sports. But the truth about...

(Reuters Health) - The rapid spread of a measles outbreak from Disneyland in California to communities around the country suggests that vaccination rates in some places may be as low as 50 percent, a study suggests. "Disneyland is an international attraction and sometimes people are coming from places where measles vaccination rates are low or they don't get the recommended...

Imagine you're attending a Gertrude Stein-style salon. And you've arrived at the gathering only to find yourself facing a set of chairs, beckoning you to sit, as one is wont to do at a salon. But as you grow closer to the inner sanctum, you begin to notice the strangeness of the chairs, draped in fabric that looms bigger and brighter with every step you take. You start to see the pustules,...

There are plenty of reasons to despair about the state of the world: ISIL's depredations in the Middle East, Boko Haram's atrocities in Nigeria, and Russia's slow-drip incursion into Ukraine are just a few. These phenomena are more distressing when one considers that they're occurring against the backdrop of an eroding postwar order. Contrary to the oft-heard refrain, though, that the world...

I spent the better part of February in the port city of Tamatave, Madagascar. It was there that I had the pleasure of meeting Florian and Ambre, two pediatric patients currently receiving free treatment on the Mercy Ships hospital, Africa Mercy, the world's largest civilian hospital ship. From left to right: Ambre and her mother, Raso; Florentine and her son, Florian. Florian is...

Mickael Jou is a photographer. And Mickael Jou is a dancer. His project "365 Photos" succinctly captures these two passions, in a series of urban snapshots that showcase the Taiwanese-French-American flexing his ballet skills all over Berlin. What sets him apart from the herd of choreographically inclined photographers, the artist explained to HuffPost, is that he does it all himself. You...