Japanese researchers have demonstrated that both men and women with schizophrenia have significantly higher plasma homocysteine levels than healthy controls.
Read more →Patients with bipolar disorder show abnormalities in the conversion of pro-brain derived neurotrophic factor to the mature form, which may be used to aid diagnosis of the condition.
Read more →Dental extraction before cardiac surgery may not be as benign a procedure as some clinicians might think, with review findings showing that it is associated with major adverse outcomes.
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Read more →FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2014 — The brains of insomniacs buzz with more activity during the day, preliminary new research suggests, offering possible insight into why people with sleep problems complain that their minds won’t shut down at night.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2014 — Many young kids will have an occasional bad dream, but frequent nightmares or episodes of night terrors over a long period of time could be an early warning sign of mental illness, according to a new study.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2014 — There may be a link between poor sleep quality and reduced gray matter in the brains of Gulf War veterans, a new study suggests.
Using MRI scans and a sleep quality assessment, researchers found that sleep disturbances…
A new FDA-approved painkiller isn’t set to hit pharmacy shelves until next month, but critics are already warning it could kill—with just two pills.
Last week, Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her husband, Christopher O’Neill, an American banker, welcomed a healthy baby girl. The royal daughter was born at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.