Health-related News

New Brain Imaging Technique Helps Diagnose Parkinson’s

June 14th, 2013
New Brain Imaging Technique Helps Diagnose Parkinson’s A new study gives hope that a brain-imaging technique will improve diagnoses for the millions of people with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from ...

Mice Research Suggests Common Drugs May Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s

June 13th, 2013
Mice Research Suggests Common Drugs May Lower Risk of Alzheimers New research on mice suggests that many commonly prescribed drugs are capable of reducing the onset and progression of ...

Community Bonding Protects Your Happiness in Times of Stress

June 13th, 2013
Community Bonding Protects Your Happiness in Times of StressEmerging research suggests that social cohesion across communities can help others cope better with crises, ...

Brain Scans May Someday Help Choose Best Depression Treatment

June 13th, 2013
Brain Scans May Someday Help Choose Best Depression TreatmentProvocative new research suggests a brain scan can determine if a depressed individual would do better with an antidepressant medication or psychotherapy. The National ...

Real Smiles, Fake Smiles: What’s the Difference?

June 13th, 2013
Real Smiles, Fake Smiles: What's the Difference? Most would agree that smiles are contagious. But can there be a social benefit from ...

Video Games Can Rev Up Brain’s Use of Visual Input

June 13th, 2013
Video Games Improve Brain Speed New research further supports the notion that video games can provide tangible benefits to users. Duke University researchers discovered gaming not only trains a ...

Telephone Counseling Can Aid Recovery After Breast Cancer

June 12th, 2013
Telephone Counseling Can Aid Recovery After Breast CancerNew research suggests telephone-based counseling, when combined with physician advice, can help breast cancer survivors with their recovery. Investigators determined the telephonic counseling helps women become ...

Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?

June 12th, 2013
Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?According to a new University of Michigan study, some of our favorite social media sites serve as a vehicle to self-promote. Researchers Elliot Panek, Ph.D., Yioryos Nardis ...

Rat Study Finds Long-term Use of Antidepressants May Hinder Treatment of PTSD, Some Learning

June 11th, 2013
Rat Study Finds Long-term Use of Antidepressants May Hinder Treatment of PTSD, Some LearningNew animal research suggests long-term use of a class of medicines used to commonly treat depression may have ...

Treatment of Mental Illness Saves Your Taxpayer Dollars

June 11th, 2013
Treatment of Mental Illness Saves Your Taxpayer DollarsEmerging research suggests outpatient treatment of mental illness significantly reduces arrest rates for people with mental health problems -- and saves taxpayers money ...