Here’s to science, and living longer, and being careful about whom we allow to get close to us and take up our time.

"A growing body of research suggests that negative ties ... may be prevalent and have lasting health consequences," per the study.

People who make your life more difficult may be aging you faster, according to a recent study.

New study showd that daily struglle of dealing with difficult or stressful people can have an impact on physical health ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. When I began studying how workplace culture impacts ...

Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

We have all met people who are so prickly and difficult that no one wants to handle them. But it has taken these contentious times to make this a common occurrence. Divisiveness makes normal ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jessica A. Stern, Pomona College (THE CONVERSATION) Relationships can feel like both a ...

I've got a difficult person in my professional life. No, it's not you. But, for a long time, I was stressed out every time I had to work with this person. I'd feel nervous before our conversations and ...

Some people go to extraordinary lengths to be difficult. Think of the diva actress whose on-set needs can never be met or the boss who keeps moving the goal posts. The difficult person elevates the ...

A recent study shows that hasslers, defined as “people in one’s close social networks who create problems or make life more difficult,” are often associated with faster biological aging ...