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The Illinois Senate on Friday voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which if signed into law would...
The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages,...
The judge who will hear the capital murder case against accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes has agreed to hear arguments...
People who've sustained multiple brain injuries throughout their life were more likely to report suicidal thoughts than people...
Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one...
Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research confirms - but putting down the beer...
Applying painless but targeted electrical stimulation to parts of the brain that play a role in number manipulation may in...
Bottling up emotions is thought to harm both mind and body, but a new study suggests that the opposite extreme may be no...
Vermont is poised to become the third U.S. state to allow doctor-assisted suicide, after its legislature passed a bill allowing...
A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a combat stress clinic in Iraq killed his comrades...
The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a U.N. report published...
Two Paralyzed British men who want to die but cannot kill themselves went to court on Monday seeking protection from prosecution...
Children born after being exposed to the flu during pregnancy may have a nearly four-fold higher risk of later developing...
A U.S. soldier who killed five fellow servicemen in a shooting spree at a combat stress center in Iraq acted with the tactical...
Amid growing public concern over the safety of additives in products ranging from caffeinated energy drinks to industrial...
Stepping into the debate over who should be screened for lung cancer, a leading medical specialty group issued new guidelines...
Cuba has launched a legal challenge to Australia's tobacco packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based...
Mothers who are mildly iodine deficient are more likely to have children who perform poorly in spelling, grammar and literacy,...
Nevada health officials acknowledged on Thursday that a state-run hospital improperly bused 10 newly discharged psychiatric...
States and casinos racing to legalize online gaming may find some unwelcome visitors on their websites: product liability...
The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans rose sharply between 1999 and 2010, a trend that could reflect the stresses...
The first-ever drug designed to treat social impairments associated with autism failed to show a benefit in a midstage trial,...
Irish government ministers agreed draft legislation on Tuesday to allow for limited access to abortion where a woman's life...
Certain school-based programs that aim to keep kids from smoking cigarettes seem to work, according to a fresh look at some...
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) interventions for babies born very small and early have drastically reduced infant deaths...
Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious...
Thirty-eight people were killed, most of them in their beds, in a fire that raged through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow...
Thanks to commercials for erectile dysfunction drugs, men know to seek medical attention for "erections lasting more than...
Seattle police call it one of the boldest attempted drug thefts they have seen: A woman impersonating a nurse, apparently...
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on Tuesday defended his state against a report that a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital improperly...
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