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Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley An auditory hallucination (AH) is the subjective experience of hearing sounds, commonly voices, that are not actually occurring in the environment. While often…
Researchers have developed a synthetic molecule called SK-129 that blocks toxic protein clumps linked to Parkinson’s disease. In mice, the lab-designed molecule reduced disease symptoms by targeting flexible, previously…
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El…
A psychologist who was misdiagnosed with depression and PTSD says she lost a decade of her life before being given an accurate diagnosis.
For people living in the northern hemisphere, this summer has been beset by deadly wildfires across parts of Europe, the U.S. and Canada. In the U.K., more than 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres) had already burned by late…
Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Motivational speakers love butterflies. So do gurus and pastors and coaches. Butterflies offer a stirring metaphor for the potential of human transformation. You…
As the state continues to rake in cash, local retailers who sell the tickets fear the new app will sap customers from their stores.
Could the way you are sitting be shaping your mood? This simple experiment suggests it might.
Diagnoses for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased in many countries across all age groups, our latest review has found. We have also shown that prescriptions for ADHD ...
Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Kathy sat in her car for almost 20 minutes before going inside. Her partner had screamed at her that morning. He had called her names, told her she was impossible to…
Complex health care policies are often challenging to implement. That's a reality states across the country will deal with as new Medicaid work requirements are rolled out next year.
In Part 2 of this series, I explored the ways women tend to respond to their partner’s defensiveness and anger. Specifically, I addressed the self-protective but also self-abandoning mechanisms we revert to when we get…
Aurora Ward II City Councilmember Amy Wiles says she wants a pause on the approval of new data centers while the city develops policies on how to handle them.
A reflective discussion about emotional struggles involving friendship, anxiety, and feeling mentally or emotionally.drained ...
Updated August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley I once ran into a student at a gas station, buying a lottery ticket. When I asked why, he offered a perfectly constructed explanation: He had an exam the next morning…
Neighbors gathered today on Grace Street for a lemonade stand honoring Mason, nearly five years after his death, while supporting mental health awareness and suicide prevention efforts.
A new study suggests that delivering mild electrical pulses to the ear can help people with severe depression better judge when a task is worth the physical effort, reducing the amount of energy they waste on unrewarding…
Psychologist Dr Sasha Hall has issued a warning over 'IBFS' friends as 'friendship bombing' goes viral on social media.
(MedPage Today) -- If you'd asked my grandmother about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she would have replied, "That's a white people thing." What Western medicine pathologizes, my Asian family would've…
Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Precocious children, with the help of their parents, relatives, teachers, and tutors, have to learn how to deal with the intellectual, emotional, and social challenges…
Glioblastoma remains one of the deadliest cancers, with limited treatment advances and tumors that often resist radiation and chemotherapy. New research from The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur…
Parents have been urged to watch for “warning signs” of eating disorders in their children as rates skyrocket across the country.
Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley A reporter cornered Marie Curie in 1904 and asked whether radium might cure disease. She refused to guess. Nothing had been demonstrated, she said, and she would not…
EXCLUSIVE: The survey for More in Common found the most popular measure for getting young people with mental health conditions back into work is to increase access to support ...
Long-term action video game training might do more than just improve your gaming skills. A new study reveals how six months of digital combat reshapes resting brain waves and whole-brain connectivity to boost visual…
SACRAMENTO — A new UC Davis Health study published in Psychological Medicine suggests that when it comes to helping adolescents ...
Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Every week or two, a new patient complains that their partner rarely initiates sex. The new patient expects me to figure out why—and more importantly, how to get their…
Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, blogger Perez Hilton live-streamed a brutal episode of self-mutilation for approximately 15 minutes on TikTok Live. The stream may have…
Physical feelings of anxiety tend to predict chronic stress markers better than depression symptoms, suggesting that past research linking depression to body strain may have picked up on hidden anxiety instead.
(MedPage Today) -- An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labeling error. Cassandra Barksdale and her attorneys filed a lawsuit…