CFAH.org – Child abuse has had a known association with increased risk for virtually all types of psychological and psychiatric problems — but a new evidence review suggests that it raises the risk of physical illness later in life just as much. The review analyzed data from 24 studies comprising 48,801 adults who had been [...]

Adelaide.edu.au – Doctors should pay more attention to the link between common mental illness such as depression and obesity in patients because the two health problems are closely linked, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide. In an editorial published October 7, 2009 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the Adelaide researchers add support [...]

Children with functional abdominal pain who used audio recordings of guided imagery at home in addition to standard medical treatment were almost three times as likely to improve their pain problem, compared to children who received standard treatment alone. And those benefits were maintained six months after treatment ended, a new study by University of [...]

UFL.edu – Eating a serving of vegetables like broccoli or leafy greens that are high in phytochemicals could help people battle metabolic processes that lead to obesity and heart disease, a new University of Florida study shows. Eating more plant-based foods, which are rich in natural substances called phytochemicals, seems to prevent oxidative stress in [...]

OSU.edu – Too much light at night can lead to symptoms of depression, according to a very suggestive study in mice. Researchers found that mice housed in a lighted room 24 hours a day exhibited more depressive symptoms than did similar mice that had a normal light-dark cycle. However, mice that lived in constant light, but [...]

UCLA.edu – UCLA scientists have found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of internet searching. The findings, presented October 19, 2009 at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggest that Internet training [...]