U.S. adults who use illicit drugs are far more likely than the general adult population to seriously consider suicide, health officials say. A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. ...
China has lifted ban on selling video game consoles, paving the way for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to enter domestic market, which is the world's third largest video game market. China's video game revenues reached nearly 14 billion last ...
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Experts and social organizations have warned of the negative effects that the economic crisis could mean for the health of the population. But it was not easy to demonstrate with data what is happening. A new comparative analysis of the ...
Louis Medvene, Wichita State University professor of psychology and director of the Social Relationships Research Workgroup, is exploring the potential benefits of computer access to senior citizens' health. A 2012 study conducted by ...
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By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter An RNA sequencing study of patients with bipolar disorder has shown altered expression of genes and transcripts, including those involved in neuroplasticity and circadian rhythms. Nirmala ...
Up to half of women with postpartum depression -- a mood disorder that can occur after childbirth -- develop long-term depression, according to a new review. The findings show the need for doctors to closely monitor women with postpartum ...
Have you ever left a doctor's office feeling ashamed or guilty? Chances are one in two that you answered "yes," according to research from the University of California, San Diego. And what happened next? Perhaps you were motivated to make ...
Future research needed on full effect of public policies on both women's and men's health Government policies that allow both parents to take time off after a child is born provide positive benefits for the physical and mental health of ...
Three-year project will encourage national expansion of Workplace Standard The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), along with its partners, CSA Group (CSA) and Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ), joined Labour Minister ...
WEDNESDAY Jan. 15, 2014 -- Older firefighters appear to develop heat resilience due to their long-term exposure to hot temperatures on the job, according to a new study. Researchers compared physically active firefighters and ...
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A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of ...
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New details emerge about the cut to the health law's Prevention and Public Health Fund in the $1 trillion spending bill, but a jobless benefits extension in Congress stalls. In the meantime, a mental health plan pushed by President Obama ...
Medicine alone cannot improve the health of the nation -- not when one in five Americans lives in unsafe neighborhoods where pollution, crime and joblessness are prevalent; nutritious food is scarce; and the well-being of young people is at ...
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Elderly people who participate in "brain training" classes to keep their minds sharp continue to see positive benefits 10 years after the training, according to a new study. Even if they took only an initial set of classes aimed at ...
Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. This is despite the UK having a healthcare system that is free at the point of access, they note. "This ...