The upcoming election to the Sri Lankan Parliament, slated for August 17, is yet another high-stakes gamble for not only President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe but also former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena’s dissolution of Parliament, which he had promised…

Psychotherapy can help some people avoid the disruptive behaviors linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and a new study suggests that brain scans can help spot those patients for whom the therapy will be most effective. The treatment is called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It works by…

My daughter called me yesterday from New York where she lives, “Daddy!”  “Yes my child!” I said. “Do you remember lifting me up? Over those monsters I was so scared off?” “Monsters?” I laugh into the phone, “They were only the sound of trains…