Children learn about the world through a variety of sources, including parents, teachers, friends, and the media. Although news gleaned from television, radio, or the Internet can be a positive educational experience for kids, problems ...

Good news for chocolate lovers. Scientists have found that eating dark chocolate appears to improve the function of important cells lining the wall of blood vessels for at least three hours. The study, involving ...

Parents should try to encourage their children to exercise by scheduling at least 30 minutes of family physical activities each day, according to the American Physical Therapy Association. Nearly one in five U.S. children is ...

The Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. warned doctors that the company's antipsychotic drug Geodon has been linked to extremely high blood sugar and diabetes.

The great outdoors provides great benefits to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. So says a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study in the September issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The nationwide study of ...

Paying Tribute to Hospice Pioneer Kubler-Ross Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who revolutionized the way the world looks at terminally ill patients, has died at age 78. Her book On Death and Dying launched her career as ...

Integrating osychotherapy by telephone into a program for treating depression can significantly improve outcomes, according to a study in the August 25 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Both antidepressant medication ...

Due to a high rate of mental illness found among the college population, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill urges parents to talk to their children about mental illness before college and maintain an ...

If you are headed off to college for the first time this month or next, you may be facing more than new academic challenges. Many of today’s students find themselves challenged to get enough sleep, ...

Combo Therapy Best for Teen Depression When it comes to treating teenage depression, two treatments appear to be better than one. Almost three out of four depressed teens reported feeling better when they were treated ...

Bush launches controversial mental health plan (BMJ) President Bush announced on 26 July 2004 that his administration has begun implementing the recommendations of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health to "improve mental health services ...

Not only are eating disorders dangerous to one's physical and mental health, but they cost U.S. companies millions of dollars. The overall medical and mental health costs to U.S. businesses in 2001 for ...