Posted 2:00 PM 5/22/2013 by By Maureen Salamon
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Migraines and depression can each cause a great deal of suffering, but new research indicates the combination of the two may be linked to something else entirely -- a smaller brain.
Already aware that people with migraines face double the risk of (More)
Posted 2:00 PM 5/21/2013 by By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Swollen tonsils and adenoids are a major cause of sleep apnea in children, and while removing them did not improve attention, memory or learning for these kids, it did help them with sleep, behavior and quality of life, a new study finds.
Sleep apnea is (More)
Posted 7:00 AM 5/20/2013 by By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Boys who are diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are twice as likely to become obese adults as those who didn't have the disorder when they were young, a new 30-year study shows.
Researchers found that men with childhood ADHD (More)
Posted 3:00 PM 5/17/2013 by By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- As the American Psychiatric Association unveils the latest edition of what is considered the "bible" of modern psychiatry this weekend, the uproar over its many changes continues.
"This is unprecedented, the amount of commentary and debate and criticism," (More)
Posted 3:00 PM 5/16/2013 by Robert Preidt
THURSDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- The adult children of parents who were addicted to alcohol or drugs are at increased risk for depression, a new study finds.
Researchers looked at data from nearly 6,300 Canadian adults and found that 312 of them had suffered major depression in the (More)