Teacher depression may affect child learning The more depressive symptoms third grade teachers had in a new study, the less progress in math their struggling students made during the school year.
Will new 'lab rat' ads stop teens from smoking pot? A new ad campaign in Colorado that likens people who smoke marijuana to "lab rats" is intended to steer teens away from using pot, but some communication experts say the campaign is unlikely to be effective
Here's where you'll find the most binge drinking in the United States Even though the percentage of people who drink alcohol doesn't seem to be going up, binge drinking is, and the lead author of a recent study on the subject has uncovered two facts he finds "alarming": In many US counties, 25% of residents or more are binge drinkers, and women are experiencing an especially significant rise in partaking to excess, per an Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation press release.
How you cope with stress before it happens may affect recovery, study suggests When you mentally prepare yourself for a stressful event — like confronting your boss, or getting into a fight with your partner — do you fantasize that the problem could just disappear?
Unwanted memories erased in electroconvulsive therapy experiment Scientists have zapped an electrical current to people's brains to erase distressing memories, part of an ambitious quest to better treat ailments such as mental trauma, psychiatric disorders and drug addiction.
Stress linked to short-term memory loss in older people Stress may be linked to short-term memory loss in older adults, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Acetaminophen appears to dull pleasure, not just pain, study finds Acetaminophen, the pain-relieving ingredient found in Tylenol, Midol, and more than 600 medicines in the United States, can relieve not only pain but pleasure too, a new study suggests.
Low vitamin D levels linked to faster memory loss in older adults Older adults with low vitamin D levels - and that accounts for most of them - may lose their memories and thinking abilities faster than those with normal vitamin D levels, researchers say.
US heroin overdoses shifting to young, white, Midwestern The people who die from heroin-related overdoses in the U.S. now tend to be young, white and live in the Midwest, according to a government report.
Study: Fewer kids have severe mental problems; more get help Contrary to public perception and horrific cases that make headlines, serious mental problems are declining among the nation's youth, and there has been a big rise in how many are getting help, a new study finds.
