Brain Abnormality Linked to Hyperactivity Disorder

Brain scans of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder show abnormalities in the fiber pathways along which brain signals …

Health Privacy at Taylor University

Wow. Apparently Taylor University doesn’t much care for how they handle the privacy of their students’ healthcare records. Which appears …

Medical-Pot Fight Goes to Justices

Angel Raich, a 39-year-old mother of two, smokes marijuana eight times a day in her Oakland home.

She does it to …

Suicide victim’s wife sues maker of Zoloft

The wife of an Orlando suicide victim is suing Pfizer Inc. over its widely used antidepressant drug …

The Antidepressant Dilemma (New York Times Magazine, free reg. req’d)

On June 30, 1997, the Millers took Matt to see Dr. Douglas Geenens, a child …

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Depression treatment boosts employee productivity

High-quality care for depression can improve productivity at work and lower rates of workplace absenteeism, according to a new report.

A …

Data support Americans’ sense of accelerating ‘time warp’; balance between work and family elusive

While the U.S. work week, or hours spent working for pay …

University seeks recruits for Parkinson’s Disease study

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are seeking people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) to help them better understand …

I think most pharmaceutical company press releases are pretty self-serving on the face of it. I think they also tend to do a disservice to …

Internet offers relief of holiday blues (Reuters via USA Today)

When the going gets tough at the stores this holiday season, the tough go shopping …

Rise in antidepressants for children

Doctors are prescribing more antidepressants for children and adolescents although there is little evidence about their safety or efficacy in …

When the going gets tough at the stores this holiday season, the tough go shopping online. When life gets really tough, there’s online therapy.

“I …