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In Case You Missed It: Awkward Family Photos Get Second Life

In Case You Missed It: Awkward Family Photos Get Second Life
In an effort to help find a cure for her disease, one cancer survivor has made a huge impact. … After overcoming a serious eating disorder that she developed… Continue reading

Compulsive Eating Disorder?

Question by Dropped Commotion: Compulsive Eating Disorder?
I have the urge to stuff my face even when im not hungry.
Usually i just give up fighting the urge to resist and stuff my face, but lately im tired… Continue reading

One in Four People With High Blood Pressure Not Taking Their Meds Properly

One in four people with high blood pressure not taking their meds properly
Around one in four people prescribed drugs to lower longstanding blood pressure either just doesn't take them at all or only part of the time, suggests a… Continue reading

From the Editor's Desk

From the Editor's desk
Red Beard searches for better ways of preventing illness and treating patients; he is armed only with case studies and personal experience as the scientific method, with no functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) or other imaging… Continue reading

Teen Depression Awareness Video

Teen Depression Awareness Video — Psychology Teen Awareness Video *edited.


Dawn O'Porter: The broadcaster and teen novelist on depression, polygamy and
I wanted to write a book about teenage female friendship and the main character is a girl… Continue reading

First Biological Marker for Major Depression Could Enable Better Diagnosis and

First biological marker for major depression could enable better diagnosis and
In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Cambridge have identified the first biomarker – a biological… Continue reading

New Depression Treatments Reported

New depression treatments reported
New insights into the physiological causes of depression are leading to treatments beyond common antidepressants such as Prozac and Zoloft, researchers are reporting in the in the journal Current Psychiatry. Depression treatments on the horizon include …… Continue reading

Doctor Uses High-Powered Magnet to Treat Depression

Doctor uses high-powered magnet to treat depression
Doctor uses high-powered magnet to treat depression View article at http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/890732.


 

 

Safer treatment for teens with acne
(Medical Xpress)—A University of Queensland researcher has developed new guidelines for psychiatrists and dermatologists… Continue reading

MU Researcher Close to Solving Problem for Cancer Patients

MU researcher close to solving problem for cancer patients
Many cancer patients, and those with other chronic diseases, can experience a wasting disease, cachexia anorexia, which causes the body to consume its own organs. Now, a University of Missouri researcher… Continue reading

Calendar for Monday, Dec. 2

Calendar for Monday, Dec. 2
Eating Disorders support group, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph Rehab, conference room across from Quilter's Cafe. Informal, peer-based group for those living with eating disorders, going through recovery and needing positive support. Family members welcome. Read… Continue reading