If you’ve been to a therapist’s office in the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, therapy.

Most commonly used for treating long-standing and acute traumas, EMDR is also being shown to help with some kinds^[1] of chronic pain^[2].

A growing body of studies shows that EMDR can be used to effectively treat a variety of conditions^[3], such as...

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne illness^[1] in the continental U.S., with an average of 2,464 reported cases^[2] per year.

Every August, West Nile season ramps up, primarily in parts of the Southern and Western United States.

The Conversation U.S. asked neurologist and medical epidemiologist Daniel Pastula^[3] to explain what researchers know about West Nile and how to protect yourself from contracting the disease....