I have read accounts of babies who failed to thrive because they did not receive loving embraces from adults. Like children, we all need the caring and appropriate touch of others because it promotes ...

Puberty brings lots of physical, emotional, and mental changes in our bodies. The feelings and developments can be overwhelming for any youth and parent, especially those with special needs.

One of the preventive measures recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic was to abstain from touching people other than those in one’s current household who were not infected. The fear and possibility ...

Touch may be our most fundamental way of bonding and building deep connections. Often called “the mother of all senses,” touch shapes how we feel at home in our bodies and relationships—or how we feel ...

Balancing the level of regulation needed to protect consumers from smartphone health apps that make fraudulent medical claims or fail to protect patient privacy while still allowing rapid innovation ...