The widely held premise that deprivation of orthodontic care for youth may affect psychological health and quality of life in adulthood, has been challenged by a new major study. The 20-year study by psychologists and ...

Many believe feeling down or gloomy during the winter months is just a part of life. In fact, a decline in sunlight has been linked to development of seasonal affective disorders (SAD). In a new ...

Vaccine administered by a transdermal patch appears to be effective for clearing brain-damaging plaques from a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Use of the skin patch appears to resolve earlier complications that arose when an ...

The old adage 'what goes around comes around' may describe new findings that suggest reduced blood flow to the brain precedes the decline in cognition characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The discovery, which may offer ...

After another night of the exciting T.V. series "24" in which a nuclear bomb has been exploded by terrorists, the reality of homeland security strikes a raw nerve. A new study has found that government ...

Despite lay comments to the press, there is no scientific evidence that families cause anorexia nervosa. In fact, researchers comment that claiming families "cause" eating disorders is like blaming parents for diabetes or asthma or ...

A study published Monday demonstrated a significantly increased risk of broken bones in adults 50 years and older who were taking a type of popular antidepressant, called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs. Zoloft and ...

Helping homeless youth has been a societal problem for decades. Classically, drug and alcohol use is rampant in this population with youth difficult to engage and hard to treat. A new study evaluating various intervention ...

Frequently, a difficult behavioral problem that may accompany advanced stage dementia is agitation, a condition that may endanger the individual, other patients and caregivers. Currently, agitation often requires a transfer to a different living environment ...

Scientists have learned that activation of a particular brain region predicts whether people tend to be selfish or altruistic. Using a technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the results suggest altruistic behavior may originate ...