Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have been awarded a three-year $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a new drug to treat bipolar disorder.
It is known that influenza viruses can develop resistance to oseltamivir – Tamiflu, and related antiviral drugs, hence stockpiling large amounts of these antiviral drugs is questioned in this study.
Misstatements and ignorance claiming that families “cause” eating disorders is like blaming parents for diabetes or asthma or cancer says an international group of eating disorders researchers.
The Health Protection Agency is continuing to provide expert advice on the public health issues surrounding the death of Mr. Alexander Litvinenko, with primary concern to protect the public.
An Egyptian woman died from bird flu on friday. The bird flu virus has killed 11 people in Egypt, which has the largest cluster of human bird flu cases outside Asia.
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examined the connection between Baltimore City?s needle exchange program and drug treatment programs. Individuals who enter treatment programs for drug addiction were more likely to be HIV-positive females who use the Baltimore City needle exchange programs.
A new investigation into Napoleon Bonaparte?s cause of death might finally put to rest nearly 200 years of lingering mysteries about the illness that killed the French emperor during his island exile, a UT Southwestern Medical Center scientist reports.
People born with a hole between the two smaller chambers of the heart ? known as atrial septal defect ? or with other heart and circulatory conditions, accounted for a third of the 139,100 hospital admissions for birth defects in 2004, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Researchers at Children?s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have launched a major National Institutes of Health-funded study to develop definitive treatment guidelines for the most common pediatric illness ? ear infections.
A new CAMH study showedsthat previously married mothers have higher rates of depressive disorders and alcohol abuse compared to married or never-married mothers. This work expands our understanding of the relationship between family structure and psychiatric outcomes, and enhances our understanding of how the pathway to single-motherhood impacts mental health.