Alcohol's effect on decision-making can derail diet, study finds Alcohol’s impact on decision-making derails more diets than its impact on actual caloric intake, says Eric Rimm, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition and director of the cardiovascular epidemiology program at Harvard’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Psychotherapy video chats may help with 'chemo brain' Memory problems that plague cancer survivors after chemotherapy can sometimes be improved with a type of psychotherapy delivered by video chat, a new study suggests.
Creativity may be genetically linked with psychiatric disorders There may be an overlap between the genetic components of creativity and those of some psychiatric disorders, according to a new study
Maine widens access to overdose reversal drug naloxone Maine lawmakers on Friday overrode a veto from Republican Gov. Paul LePage to make an opioid and heroin overdose-reversal drug more available through local pharmacies.
Creed's Scott Stapp talks candidly about bipolar disorder: 'It shattered me' Scott Stapp’s dreams of solo success came to a halt when a very public drug and bipolar- induced breakdown sent him on a downward spiral. Dr. Manny sits down with Creed frontman to talk about his road to recovery
Mindfulness therapy works for recurrent depression For people with recurring depression, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may be more helpful than other treatments, according to a new analysis.
5 eating disorders you've never heard of When I was 13, I was taken out of school for a month to deal with an eating disorder.
America’s drug crisis: When will we wake up to the tragedy of the opiate epidemic? While it’s incredibly sad that a celebrity like Prince may have died of an opiate overdose, the even sadder news is that mothers, brothers, sons and daughters are dying every single day of prescription drug overdoses.
Kids with more daily stress have more nightly asthma awakenings - A stressful day may make a child more prone to an asthma attack that night - with worse than usual asthma symptoms the next day as well, a small U.S. study suggests.
'Having weight loss surgery was a huge mistake': One woman's story of addiction Ten years ago, after her gastric bypass surgery at age 22, Katie Pritchard became an alcoholic and a drug addict—and, she says, lost sight of who she really wanted to be.
