School-wide prevention program lowers teen suicide risk After a school-based prevention program, European teenagers were about half as likely to attempt suicide or to feel suicidal, a new study shows.
Facebook addiction linked to depression In a small study of Facebook users in Poland, depression was one predictor of greater vulnerability to becoming dependent on using the social media site.
Scientists find similar brain matter loss in multiple mental disorders Psychiatric disorders are widely perceived to be distinct, but new research indicates patients show similar gray-matter loss, which suggests that conditions like schizophrenia and depression have more in common than previously thought.
Is your doctor prescription-happy? When you’re sick, you’ll generally take whatever prescription your doctor writes up. After all, he’s the one who went to med school. But failing to ask him a few questions could result in a serious dose of unnecessary antibiotics, according to a new study in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
This bad habit could make you sick Don’t overthink it: Dwelling on stressful events could raise inflammation levels in your body by 20 percent, say researchers from Ohio University
Frequent arguments with family and friends linked with greater risk of death For middle-age adults, frequent arguments with partners, relatives or neighbors may increase the risk of death, according to a new study.
Scientists researching brain disorders create super-clever mice Scientists have genetically modified mice to be super-intelligent and found they are also less anxious, a discovery that may help the search for treatments for disorders such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Kids' poisonings linked to anti-addiction medicine An anti-addiction drug used to fight the nation's heroin and painkiller abuse epidemics poses a threat to young children who accidentally swallow relatives' prescriptions, a federal study says. Some children have died.
Alcohol consumption is the direct cause of 80,000 yearly deaths in the Americas Alcohol consumption is the direct cause of nearly 80,000 deaths in the Americas each year, according to a new study.
Study finds link between financial stress and eating disorder signs in young women College-age women with financial stress are more likely to develop an eating disorder, but the same trend doesn’t hold true for men with money problems, suggests a study published Monday in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
