Tag: Happiness & Mental Health

The number of children between the ages of two and five diagnosed with bipolar disorder has doubled in the past...

Physical abuse and stress in childhood leads to almost three times the risk of obesity and other weight problems in...

As obesity rates triple since 1980, researchers are scrambling to find a link to this global epidemic. Now new research...

  According to a report just published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, extended exposure to cell phones starting at...

A just published study found that dieters following high-fat diets such as the Atkins and South Beach were considerably more...

Can healthy dieting and natural weight control be linked to your emotional state? Find out why most weight loss programs...

A new study says that eating candy early in life may influence behavioral issues later in life.

A recent study found that those who helped clean up after the events of 9/11 had double the incidence of...

A study out of the University of New South Wales found that subjects who felt miserable paid more attention to...

A new British study involving 6500 people has come to the conclusion that low-self esteem and emotional problems lead people...

A recent study showed that the pleasure centers in the brains of happy people demonstrated far more activity in response...

A recent review of seven studies presented at the American Psychological Association convention revealed that mental health improves with age...

Here's some depressing news: Antidepressant use in the US has nearly doubled since 1996, according to a study out of...

The benefits of exercise are profound. However, how much should you exercise to stay in the “magic zone” where the...

According to a new study just out, on using profanity and swear words: cursing relieves physical pain.

A new study has found that drinking coffee may help you to not only avoid getting Alzheimer's, but actually reverse...

If new research suggests that coffee may help prevent and reduce Alzheimer’s disease, what are the risks? Learn the positive...

While researchers found a strong link between the number of stressful life events subjects endured and risk of depression, they...

New research indicates that in fact, people over the age of 60 naturally sleep less than younger folks do.

Could a ‘near death experience’ actually be a result of an overly active imagination or simple physiology? Jon discusses how...

With regards to near death experiences, Is consciousness a function of the seemingly inert brain, or does it reside somewhere...

Since 1996, adult prescriptions for mental illness have risen by 73 percent, and prescriptions for children went up by 50...

A study has found that when kids chew gum, their math scores improve. A second study found that college students...

The American Psychiatric Association has been exploring the idea of including a category for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) in the...

A number of studies over the years have examined the relationship of weather to mood, usually finding that sunshine imparts...