New research findings confirm that low income mothers are more depressed than higher income mothers. The researchers also found that income changes directly affect depressive symptoms in women during the ... Read More

The pharmaceutical company Janssen Pharmaceutica sent a two-page letter to health care providers this past week to clarify the risks of their antipsychotic medication Risperdal. The letter stems from ... Read More

Women who report that they are in satisfying marriages have a health advantage over unmarried women or those in unsatisfying marriages. A study of middle-aged women over a ... Read More

Does your vacation relieve the stress in your life or contribute to it? We think of vacations as a way to relieve stress. We get away from the drudgery of ... Read More

We have known for some time that stress affects our immune systems. Many studies have shown that stress can suppress the immune system, but other studies have shown boosts in ... Read More

Women who were physically abused as children are more likely to report having poor health than those who did not experience such abuse, according to a study in the American ... Read More

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a 60 million dollar youth suicide bill on Thursday that would strengthen mental health services on college campuses. Oregon Republican Gordon Smith introduced the ... Read More

A New York court has upheld the principle that their state law does not require disability insurance policies to include the same benefit levels for physical disabilies as for disabling ... Read More

Researchers have found that patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer can decrease their pain by wearing virtual reality headsets that send them "into a computerized world of play. In these richly ... Read More

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that large numbers of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanastan suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major ... Read More