Stressed-out people sleep better and take sleep medication less often when they learn to let go of intrusive thoughts. The new study from researchers at Duke Integrative Medicine shows participants ...

Despite alcohol's beneficial effects for the body when taken in moderation, a new study claims that 1 in 25 deaths can be attributed ...

The widely used antidepressant and pain medication amitriptyline (Elavil) can seemingly impersonate the brain's own growth factors, researchers have shown. Amitriptyline (Elavil), a tricyclic antidepressant first ...

Most people may not realize it, but bloggers -- people who write their thoughts in public, online web logs (blogs) or journals -- have a shared but largely unspoken ...

Experts have long suspected that part of the process of turning fleeting short-term memories into lasting long-term memories occurs during sleep. New research shows that mice prevented ...

There's a common misconception that as women age, they lose interest in sex due to their own physical problems. A new University of California-San Francisco study shows ...

Children who have suffered from physical abuse have elevated rates of cancer in adulthood, according to new research. The study shows those individuals physically abused in ...

Falling in love is repeatedly portrayed as something magical and transformative in Disney movies. As long as it's heterosexual love. Impressionable young viewers ...

Men have less sympathy for and tend to blame a victim of rape more often than women, according to new research. A separate study has also found that promiscuous men are more likely to rape ...

Hundreds of gene variations that occur more frequently in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been identified by researchers. Many of the gene variations identified were already known to be important for learning, behavior, brain ...