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Japan Suicide Rate Clings Near Record High

Canadian Health Care System under Financial Strain

Cocaine Withdrawal Milder Than Other Drugs

Therapy Helps Teens with Social Phobia

New Drugs Being Developed to Treat Mental Illness

When It Comes to Cancer, Emotional Support Ahead of Religion

More Education About Mental Illness Needed in Northern Ontario: Jury

Checklist Helps Identify Autism in Toddlers 

Brain Responds to Snack Attack 

Lazy Brain Takes the Path of Least Resistance 

Alcohol and Cocaine add up to Bad News for Brain 

"Drug Reminders" Trigger Changes in Addicts' Brains 

Estrogen Replacement Therapy May Boost Memory 

Psychological Health Grows with Age 

"Date Rape" Drug GHB Used in Treatment of Alcoholism 

Distracted Drivers to Blame for Up to 50% of Accidents 

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Can Run in Girls' Families 

Insurance Industry Study opposes Physician Negotiation 

Thai Firm Offers Herbal Cure for Impotence 

Ten Ways to Relieve Migraine Headaches

Reasons to Live Help Prevent Suicide During Depression

Can't Place the Face? A Name Game Could Trigger Memory

Driving Guidelines Issued for Alzheimer's Patients

Gene Linked to Social Memory 

High Blood Pressure May Drop in Doctor's Office 

Depression, Poor Coping Skills Linked to Problem Drinking 

One in Four South African Men Admit Rape 

GAO Criticizes CDC, NIH Handling of Chronic Fatigue Research

Protein NPAS2 Plays Role in Long-Term Memory

Need a Memory Boost? Gene Therapy May Help Soon

Teen Smokers Need Help in Kicking the Habit

Treatment Can Help "Gain Control" Over Chronic Pain

Aggravated Parents Still Good Parents 

Electronic Circuit Mimics Brain Activity - Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough

Brain Can Repair Itself, Study in Mice Suggests 

U.S. Teens Today Prefer Sex, Drugs And the Net

Drug Provigil (mondafinil) Helps Sleep-Deprived Stay Awake

Men want sex with women they don't know well

What are Dreams Made of?

New Light on How Aspirin-Like Drugs Protect in Alzheimer's

Tag Finds Brain-Clogging Plaques in Alzheimer's

Ontario to Help Those with Eating Disorders

Chronic Stress May Increase Risk of Cervical Neoplasia

Researchers Tackle High Smoking Rate in Schizophrenics

Brain Function Disrupted More in Younger Schizophrenics

Video Preparation for Surgery Reduces Anxiety

More Than 100 Mental Illness Drugs in Works

HMOs fail the Chronically Ill

Alcoholism Drug Antabuse Found Effective Against Cocaine Habit

Scientists Make 'Scents' of Sexual Attraction - Pheromones better understood

Report Urges Nova Scotia to Improve Mental Health Services

Earthquake Stress Can Affect Pregnancy

Studies Needed to Target Health Effects of Anxiety & Sleep Herbs

Hawaii Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Bill

Morphine Alternative Proposed for Pain Control

Some forms of Anxiety may be Genetic 

Depression May Cause Diabetes, Researchers Say

British Women Say Excess Weight Ruining Their Lives

Stress Plus Caffeine Equals High Blood Pressure

Scientists Discover Migraines Are a Unique Brain Disorder

NAMI Protests Jim Carrey's 'Me, Myself & Irene'

Husbands Can Reduce Stress of Cancer Test

Medical Privacy Bill Introduced

Adults Can Develop Tic Disorders such as Tourette's

Young Girls with Diabetes at Eating Disorder Risk

Alternative Treatments Ease Pain After Heart Bypass - acupuncture, imagery, massage therapy 

Few Migraine Sufferers Get Preventive Drugs

Senate Turns Back Effort on "Patients' Bill of Rights"

A Study on Why We 'Brace' for Bad News

CDC Reports Teen Drug Use Up, School Violence Down

Eyewitness Memory is not All-or-Nothing

Progress in Delivering Gene Therapy to The Brain

US Teens Continue to Take Health Risks

Psychiatrist Suspended for Cyberstalking Girl

Many Consumers Positive About Their Health Plan, 51% had Problem in Past Year

HMO Executives Get 14% Pay Hike in 1999

US Hospital Says Hidden Cameras Uncover Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Abuse

Choice, Not Health Plan, Common Reason for Doctor Switch

Mental Health Problems in Kids Up since 1979

Asthma Linked to Depression

Men Have Global Role in Stopping Violence Against Women

Natural Scaffold Holds Nerve Cells in Place

Health Plans Lack Programs for Alzheimer's Patients

Girls in Fatherless Homes More Sexually Active

Mental Health Program Helps Elders in Need

Swiss Man Deemed Incompetent in Calif. Murder Case

Depression ups Hypertension Risk in Young Blacks

Elderly Patients Often Prefer Hospital to Home Care

Colicky Babies Cannot Be Consoled - massage and crib vibrator may help

Childhood Social And Psychological Problems on the Rise

Drug Use Down Among Teens in UK

Medical Report Charts Enormous Cost of Hangovers

US Group Urges FDA to Reject New Impotence Pill

Study Says More US Children Have Behavior Problems

Research Lacking on Sexual Problems of Older Women

Eating Disorders Weaken Men's Bones    

Many Young Gay Men Do Not Have Safe Sex

Depression Undertreated in Rural America 

Liabilities Looming for Employers, Providers in ERISA Health Plans

Meditation Activates Regions of Brain Influencing Heart & Breathing Rates - according to Brain Imaging Study

GAO Says Mental Health Parity Falls Short of Law's Intent

Low-Cost PPO Excludes Mental Health Coverage

Effects of Eating Disorders More Severe in Men-Doctors

Behavioral Techniques & Non-Profit Businesses Employ and Treat Drug Addicts

Soaring Suicide Rate Among Youth in Mexico