In the News
Physical fitness in middle age is tied to a lower risk of later-life depression and death from cardiovascular disease, a new study reports.
Both depression and cardiovascular disease are common in older people, and rates of depression are high in the presence of cardiovascular illness, especially stroke. Moreover, depression is a risk factor for adverse outcomes in cardiovascular disease patients.
This week, our nation's psyche was rocked yet again with news — and video — of how Antwon Rose, a 17-year-old black American teenager, was fatally shot in the back by police while fleeing a traffic stop.
Having a stress-related psychiatric condition may increase the risk for autoimmune disease, a new study concludes.
Stress is known to cause physiological changes, including changes in immune function, but evidence that links it to specific diseases is limited.
Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain's deaths came just days before the CDC released startling statistics about the rate of suicide in the country. Experts are left trying to figure out what has gone wrong.
To honor its late founder, the Kate Spade brand is donating $1 million towards mental-health awareness, it announced Wednesday.
Gaming disorder, as in video games, is now an official mental health condition, according to the World Health Organization. But the idea of technology addiction is still controversial.
Being transgender is no longer classified as a mental illness by the World Health Organization – a key sign of progress for an often-marginalized community.
WHO announced Monday that in its newly released edition of the International Classification of Diseases, gender incongruence will now be classified as a sexual health condition.
As mass shootings filter in and out of the news cycle at an almost dizzying pace with each new tragedy, the FBI has continued to probe why these atrocities continue and what can be done to stop them.
In a new report released Wednesday, the bureau shed light on behaviors of shooters before they acted out, finding most obtained a gun legally and did not have diagnosed mental health issues, points that run contrary to some popular beliefs.
GAZA CITY — Fathi Harb wanted to commit suicide by soldier. So he went to a protest this spring along Gaza's border, hoping Israeli snipers would shoot him, his grandfather recalled. When they didn't, Harb, 22, tried again, returning to another protest soon after, and again he survived.
Then, last month, he set himself on fire on a busy street in Gaza City, later succumbing to his injuries.
"He called his father right before he did it and told him of his plans," his grandfather Saeed said.
Bernie Salazar felt fine, as good as any healthy father of a 2-year-old. He only scheduled a doctor's visit because he received a calendar alert reminding him it was time for his annual wellness checkup. Bernie and his relatively new doctor had already discussed his weight, dieting history and health status the previous year, and he'd gotten "all clear" after normal lab results. But this time, after he stepped off the scale with what he considered a scant four-pound increase on his 260-pound frame, the doctor suggested it was time to talk about weight-loss surgery.