New research suggests educating adolescents on ways to adopt a healthier lifestyle can provide significant dividends in adulthood. Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientists have developed interventions that help young women reduce the influence of the "thin ideal," which is ...

A new research study confirms that deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a potentially effective treatment option for people with treatment resistant major depression. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic, Brown University, and Massachusetts General Hospital were inspired by the ...

A new approach to management of Parkinson's disease using a novel application of cell therapy has shown success among patients with moderate to advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). The technique attaches retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells to tiny gelatin bead ...

Does wealth and material possessions equate to happiness? The question has been debated since biblical times. Now, a novel research study attempts to determine if happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. ...

Part of the life experience is the rush of emotions triggered by specific events. Typically, we associate the feelings to an event that we are aware of. However, new research suggests emotions also can be unconsciously evoked and ...

Current self-help literature is replete with strategies to elevate self-esteem and improve mental health. However, psychologists are looking at such behavior and saying out loud what may go against the grain of how many people act: high self-esteem is ...

Currently, one out of 12 people aged 65 and older will experience a decline in their ability to remember, think clearly, reason and make daily decisions. The decline in memory and mental abilities may be subtle, but it ...

A new study finds that increased work flexibility from one year to the next reduces absences for illness and improves job commitment. In addition, workers are less likely to say that health problems affected their job performance. The ...

The unraveling of the human genome has lead to advances in determining genetic risk profiles for particular illnesses. Perhaps the best known and scientifically credible discovery is the link between the BRCA genes and the development of ...

A new observational research study discovers a strong relationship between smoking and depression and that the risk of depression (and tobacco use) is tied to genetic and environmental influences. In the investigation, scientists from the University of Navarra, ...