A phobia is an extreme irrational fear of something. It is a type of anxiety disorder that emerges, on average, at age 9 or 10. There are different kinds of phobias directed toward objects, situations ...

Have you ever heard of zoophobia? That is the medical term given for the general fear of animals, from the roots “zoo,” meaning animal, and “phobia,” meaning dread or fear. Around six percent of all ...

Northern Advocate columnist Jonny Wilkinson is the CEO of Tiaho Trust - Disability A Matter of Perception, a Whangārei-based ...

Mar. 14, 2025 — Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction, mostly due to fishing. While mandated releases are helpful, researchers discovered that they aren't enough to stabilize ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

There is very little clinical literature about this condition, but on message boards and social media groups, people living with this phobia report very real symptoms resulting from sidonglobophobia.

Wes Streeting needs to get over his phobia of stating the blindingly obvious. Being merely unhappy doesn’t mean you are ...

Written and directed by Mike White, "Hide or Seek" is basically part one of two, setting up next week's "Full Moon Party." ...

This phobia triggers extreme anxiety and panic attacks, impacting her daily life significantly. Despite the severity of her condition, Woodman’s fear is often dismissed as a joke, which she ...