By 276 to 139, the US House of Representative approved a bill banning lawsuits by obese customers of fast-food restaurants. These obese customers wanted to say ...
NY Times Examines State Legislation That Would Require Large Retail Stores To In
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y...
Study Looks At Benefits Of 2 Cochlear Implants In Deaf Children
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are now examining whet...
Large majorities of those who were treated with therapy and with medication satisfied with their care - A national survey of the generaladult population and of ...
Quarter of US Adults Have Received Mental Health Treatment Over Two-Year Period
Researchers are set to gather at the University of Glasgow today, Thursday 24th March 2005, to debate and develop the longest follow-up study of mental ability ...
Researchers gather to debate how Scots can live their lives to the full
Women who are HIV-positive or are abused are more likely to think about or attempt suicide, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloom...
Abuse and HIV Status Linked To Suicide Risk
The Honourable Karen Redman, MP Kitchener Centre, the Honourable Ken Seiling, Chair, Waterloo Region, and the Honourable Carl Zehr, Mayor of the City of Kitchen...
Providing community mental health supports within multicultural Canada
Medicaid programs pay for more mental health services than private insurance, Medicare or other state and local programs, according to a study published Tuesday...
Medicaid Largest U.S. Payer for Mental Health Services, Study Finds
. U.S. Spending for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment, 1990-2001," Health Affairs : In the report, a Health Affairs Web Exclusive, Tami Mark, associat...
Report Examines Spending Trends for Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services, USA
New mothers who are mildly iron deficient -- a common result of childbirth among women who don't take their vitamins -- are less emotionally available or in tun...
Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
A study commissioned by the American Psychiatric Association and led by a psychiatrist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has...
Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
Stress can make otherwise minor challenges feel much worse, with detrimental effects on health and behavior. In the May issue of Nature Neuroscience, French res...
A mechanism for stress
A groundbreaking study due to be published in the February 2005 issue of the international research journal Medical Science Monitor shows for the first time tha...
Playing a Musical Instrument Reverses Stress on the Genomic Level
The prevalence of homelessness in persons with serious mental illness is 15 percent, a higher percentage than suggested in previous studies, according to new re...
More homeless mentally ill than expected according to UCSD study: Interventions
 
New Measure Of Sexual Arousal Found For Both Men And Women
According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, the...
VA Researcher Finds Way To Identify Which Men Need A Second Biopsy
A researcher in the Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center has found a way to identify which men nee...
1 In 3 Boys Heavy Porn Users, Study Shows
Boys aged 13 and 14 living in rural areas, are the most likely of their age group to access pornography, and parents need to be more aware of how to monitor the...
The following summarizes news coverage of developments related to public health insurance programs in Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. M ...
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y ...
More US residents "will need government help" with health insurance, as employers shift more of the cost to employees and health care costs continue to increase ...
Four recently published opinion pieces examined health insurance and the various reform proposals being considered in Massachusetts. Summaries appear below. Cha ...
The Maryland General Assembly on Thursday overrode Gov. Robert Ehrlich's (R) veto of a bill that will require employers with more than 10,000 workers in the sta ...
President Bush has decided not to support a plan recommended by the nine-member President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform that would cap income tax deduc ...
 
Study Looks At Benefits Of 2 Cochlear Implants In Deaf Children
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are now examining whet...
Quarter of US Adults Have Received Mental Health Treatment Over Two-Year Period
Large majorities of those who were treated with therapy and with medication satisfied with their care - A national survey of the generaladult population and of ...
New Measure Of Sexual Arousal Found For Both Men And Women
According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, the...
NY Times Examines State Legislation That Would Require Large Retail Stores To In
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y...