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Health

More Mentally Ill Adults Cared for in Nursing Homes

More Mentally Ill Adults Cared for in Nursing Homes

According to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid prepared for The Associated...
» read full story March 23rd, 2009 - 14:03
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder May Have Common Genetic Causes

Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder May Have Common Genetic Causes

A new study on the link between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has found evidence that the...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 12:20
Report: Half Of Young Adults Have A Mental Health Disorder

Report: Half Of Young Adults Have A Mental Health Disorder

Nearly half of US youths suffer from a psychiatric disorder, from alcohol dependency to...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 14:30
Radio Host Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests

Radio Host Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests

Senator Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who for over a year has been leading an investigation...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 23:27
One in Seven Female US Vets Reports Sexual Trauma

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...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 13:45
EPA Sets New Standard On Lead Emissions

EPA Sets New Standard On Lead Emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday the decision to change the federal...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 14:30
WHO Is Concerned About Mental Health Worldwide

WHO Is Concerned About Mental Health Worldwide

The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that the global financial crisis may contribute to...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 22:08

Giving Emphasis To Mental Illnesses

Today, a mental health campaign was launched to raise awareness of mental illness and is addressed...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 17:36

WHO Seeks to Diminish Consequences of Mental Illness

Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned that disability, suicides and other...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:35
Safer Prenatal Test To Detect Down Syndrome

Safer Prenatal Test To Detect Down Syndrome

Researchers found a safer method to diagnose Down’s syndrome and several other genetic disorders, a...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 14:47
Long-Term Psychotherapy - More Benefic In Complex Mental Disorders

Long-Term Psychotherapy - More Benefic In Complex Mental Disorders

People with complex mental disorders such as personality disorders should consider long-term...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:37
Health Officials Call Off Chelation Therapy Study For Autism

Health Officials Call Off Chelation Therapy Study For Autism

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) has called off plans for a study examining a...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 15:30
Scientists Claim Measles Vaccines Are Safe, No Autism Link

Scientists Claim Measles Vaccines Are Safe, No Autism Link

Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 20:09
Scientists Fail To Find MMR Vaccine - Autism Link

Scientists Fail To Find MMR Vaccine - Autism Link

Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 17:59
Older fathers Are More Likely To Have Children With Bipolar Disorder

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...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 14:00

Survey: Half of College Students Consider Suicide

Many college students in the US have thought about suicide while some have actually tried to kill...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 16:00
Physical Exercise Slows down Brain Atrophy in Alzheimer’s Patients

Physical Exercise Slows down Brain Atrophy in Alzheimer’s Patients

As the number of patients with Alzheimer’s disease is going to quadruple worldwide by 2050...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 12:06
Governor Rod Blagojevich Pushes For Bill Covering Autism Costs

Governor Rod Blagojevich Pushes For Bill Covering Autism Costs

Governor Rod Blagojevich made use of his amendatory veto power and rewrote a House bill requiring...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 12:27
ADHD in Adults Translates into Nearly 1 Month of Work Lost Yearly

ADHD in Adults Translates into Nearly 1 Month of Work Lost Yearly

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is not only affecting children but also adults and their...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 12:57
Mental Illness Translates in Billions in Lost Earnings for the US

Mental Illness Translates in Billions in Lost Earnings for the US

Mental illnesses became not only a national problem, but they also cost Americans at least $193...
» read full story May 10th, 2008 - 12:58
Adopted Children at Risk of Developing Mental Health Problems

Adopted Children at Risk of Developing Mental Health Problems

University of Minnesota researchers assert that adolescents adopted as infants are twice as likely...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 12:30
Schizophrenia Linked with Array of Genetic Mutations

Schizophrenia Linked with Array of Genetic Mutations

Just days after the death of a pioneer of schizophrenia treatment, Baltimore psychiatrist Dr. Frank...
» read full story March 27th, 2008 - 23:21
Urge for Text Messaging and Emailing May Suggest Mental Disorder

Urge for Text Messaging and Emailing May Suggest Mental Disorder

Text messaging and emailing are fun as long as you don’t become addicted to them, an article in...
» read full story March 27th, 2008 - 14:05
US Teens Prefer Inhalants to Marijuana, Researchers Say

US Teens Prefer Inhalants to Marijuana, Researchers Say

Studies by the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition, with sponsorship from the Substance Abuse...
» read full story March 14th, 2008 - 14:09
Americans - Too Busy Doing Anything Else Rather than Sleeping

Americans - Too Busy Doing Anything Else Rather than Sleeping

A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that adults in...
» read full story February 29th, 2008 - 10:49
Eating Disorders - a National Concern for Americans This Week

Eating Disorders - a National Concern for Americans This Week

February 25 opens the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an entire week dedicated to...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 15:20
Mental Disorders Still Persist after Hurricane Katrina

Mental Disorders Still Persist after Hurricane Katrina

A survey made by Sandro Galea, M.D., Dr. P.H., of the University of Michigan School of Public...
» read full story December 04th, 2007 - 10:42
Chinese Game Mahjong May Cause Epilepsy

Chinese Game Mahjong May Cause Epilepsy

Playing mahjong may be a risk for your health, said a new study conducted by the Hong Kong doctors...
» read full story August 05th, 2007 - 15:37
Antidepressants Safe For Children: Study

Antidepressants Safe For Children: Study

A new comprehensive analysis of antidepressants for children and teenagers says that the benefits...
» read full story April 18th, 2007 - 16:55
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U.S.

Radio Host Was Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests

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...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 11:25
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Specials

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Is Here!

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Is Here!

February 23 opens the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an entire week dedicated to eating...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:32
Talk Therapy Plus Antidepressant - Best Treatment For Child Anxiety

Talk Therapy Plus Antidepressant - Best Treatment For Child Anxiety

Separation anxiety, social phobia and generalized anxiety in children can be effectively treated...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 14:05
Genetic Test Could ID Down Syndrome, Safer than Current Tests

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...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 15:47
Controversial Autism Study Canceled over “Unethical” Reasons

Controversial Autism Study Canceled over “Unethical” Reasons

The National Institute of Mental Health decided to give up on its study of a therapy called...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:42
Report: Mental Disorders Affect 1 in 5 War Veterans

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...
» read full story April 18th, 2008 - 10:21
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World

Army Faces Alarming Suicide Rates Among Active-Duty Soldiers

Army Faces Alarming Suicide Rates Among Active-Duty Soldiers

The Army faces an alarming number of suicides or suicide attempts among soldiers who have served...
» read full story January 31st, 2008 - 11:49
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People

Britney Spears “At Peace” With Child Custody Settlement

Britney Spears “At Peace” With Child Custody Settlement

U.S. pop singer Britney Spears and her former husband Kevin Federline agreed their child custody...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 14:23
Lisa Nowak Pleads Not Guilty

Lisa Nowak Pleads Not Guilty

Former STS-121 astronaut Lisa Nowak pleaded not guilty for reasons of temporary insanity, during a...
» read full story August 29th, 2007 - 17:24
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Science

Study Says Virtual Reality Will Replace The Outdoor Activities

Study Says Virtual Reality Will Replace The Outdoor Activities

A new study concluded that outdoor activities are being replaced by the virtual reality. According...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 14:04
Caffeine May Prevent Memory Loss In Women

Caffeine May Prevent Memory Loss In Women

Probably you know already about some of the effects of caffeine, but it seems there are still...
» read full story August 07th, 2007 - 10:06
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Video Games

AMA Refuses to Label Video Games Addiction As Mental Disorder

AMA Refuses to Label Video Games Addiction As Mental Disorder

A proposal filed by the Maryland State Medical Society to label video games addiction as a mental...
» read full story June 26th, 2007 - 16:27
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