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Kids with ADHD Taking Meds Do Better in School
Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who are treated score higher on math and...
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Parents Have One More Reason To Worry About: Video Gaming
A study by the National Institute on Media and the Family and Iowa State University concludes that...
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ADHD Kids Much Less Consistent in Their Response Times
New research published in the journal Child Neuropsychology suggests that children with...
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Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Gets FDA Approval for Treatment-Resistant Depression
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s Symbyax, a combination of...
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More Mentally Ill Adults Cared for in Nursing Homes
According to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid prepared for The Associated...
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Cephalon’s Narcolepsy Drug Provigil Could Be Addictive
Cephalon’s narcolepsy drug Provigil, highly used as a so-called “smart drug” by...
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Premature Babies More Prone to Autism
According to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Pediatrics, children who are...
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ADHD Medication May Cause Hallucinations
Children taking medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may experience...
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Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder May Have Common Genetic Causes
A new study on the link between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has found evidence that the...
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Report: Half Of Young Adults Have A Mental Health Disorder
Nearly half of US youths suffer from a psychiatric
disorder, from alcohol dependency to...
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Radio Host Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests
Senator Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who for over a year has been leading an investigation...
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Ginkgo Biloba No Good To Prevent Alzheimer’s
Ginkgo biloba has been used medicinally for thousands of
years. Today, it is one of the top...
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Rainy Climates, A Factor In Triggering Autism?
Autism is a brain development disorder that occurs in
children, generally, before turning 3 and is...
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Rain and Autism Linked: Counties with More Rainfall Have Higher Autism Rates
The results of a new study confirm the
findings of a controversial 2006 paper entitled “Does...
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Combined Therapy Is The Best Cure For Disabling Anxiety
A government-financed study, which tracked nearly 500 patients for several months in treatment,...
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One in Seven Female US Vets Reports Sexual Trauma
A report released Tuesday at a medical conference in San
Diego by the VA’s National Center for...
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WHO Is Concerned About Mental Health Worldwide
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that the global financial crisis may contribute to...
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WHO Says 450 Million Suffer From Mental Illnesses
October 10 is the annual World Mental Health Day and this year’s conference revealed some shocking...
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Giving Emphasis To Mental Illnesses
Today, a mental health campaign was launched to raise
awareness of mental illness and is addressed...
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Safer Prenatal Test To Detect Down Syndrome
Researchers found a safer method to diagnose Down’s syndrome and several other genetic disorders, a...
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Cases Of Asthma And PTSD After 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Increase
Cases of asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are rampant among people who experienced...
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More Asthma And PTSD Cases Among Sept. 11 Attacks Witnesses
Seven years after the terrorist attacks on the New York’s Twin Tours
the health of hundreds of...
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Scientists Claim Measles Vaccines Are Safe, No Autism Link
Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
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Scientists Fail To Find MMR Vaccine - Autism Link
Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
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Children With Older Dads Are More Likely To Develop Bipolar Disorder
Kids born to fathers older than 30 stand a higher chance of developing bipolar disorder, Swedish...
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Older fathers Are More Likely To Have Children With Bipolar Disorder
Older fathers are more likely to have
children with bipolar disorder, a mental illness also known...
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FDA Approves Prestwick's Drug for Huntington Disease
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved tetrabenazine, marketed by Prestwick...
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Can Medication Replace Talk Therapy?
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health in Baltimore
found that...
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Can Estrogen Relieve Psychotic Symptoms In Women With Schizophrenia?
Estrogen combined with standard antipsychotic drugs could
relieve symptoms of schizophrenia in...
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Newly Revealed Genetic Secrets Will Help Fight against Schizophrenia
Researchers at the University of Washington say they've
found specific gene variations linked to...
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Radio Host Was Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests
Senator Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who for over a year has been leading an investigation...
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Florida Teen Broadcasted His Suicide Live
An American teenager killed himself and broadcasted the scene live to the shock of the entire...
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Gulf War Syndrome Is Real, Congress-Backed Panel Concludes
A research carried out by a scientific panel mandated by the Congress has reached the conclusion...
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Kids Who Kill, an Extremely Worrying Phenomenon Nowadays
Vincet Romero, 29, and Timothy Romans, 39,
of San Carlos, Ariz.,
were found fatally shot on...
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Veterans Day Celebrated on November 11
Both a federal holiday and a state holiday
in all states, Veterans Day, a day dedicated to the...
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National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Is Here!
February 23 opens the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an entire week dedicated to eating...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Be Linked to Childhood Trauma
Children who are exposed to sexual, physical or psychological abuse are more likely to develop...
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Radio Host Continues to Be Investigated for Drug Companies Ties
Dr. Fred Goodwin, a popular radio host of
the NPR program, “The Infinite Mind,” has reportedly...
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Florida Teen Broadcasted His Suicide Live, Online
An American teenager killed himself and broadcasted the scene live to the shock of the entire...
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Talk Therapy Plus Antidepressant - Best Treatment For Child Anxiety
Separation anxiety, social phobia and generalized anxiety in
children can be effectively treated...
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B Vitamins Do Not Block Mental Decline in Alzheimer’s Patients
Alzheimer’s patients given high-dose vitamin B supplements
to decrease levels of homoceyteine saw...
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Genetic Test Could ID Down Syndrome, Safer than Current Tests
Pregnant women may find out whether their baby is likely to
be born with Down syndrome or other...
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Mental Health Bill Gets Congress Approval
Two days
ago, legislation that requires private insurers to provide equal benefits for
mental...
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Around 70,000 Developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after 9/11
A new study by the World Trade Center Health Registry claims that the 9/11 terrorist attack led to...
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Underage Drinkers Given Alcohol by Adults
A new government survey based on 158,000 teens ages 12 to 20
found there are about 10.8 million...
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Politicians Share Personal Alzheimer’s Woes
In an attempt to make the Congress more aware of the catastrophic
consequences of Alzheimer’s...
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Report Warns on Serious Mental Problems in Teens Using Pot
Marijuana is one of the world’s most commonly used illegal drugs. There are approximately 300...
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Report: Mental Disorders Affect 1 in 5 War Veterans
The latest research into the consequences of the Iraq or Afghanistan
war concluded that 300,000 of...
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