When your Loved Ones Get Heatstroke
Fri, 12/03/10 – 10:26 | No Comment

Every time the snow hits, we somehow miss summer. Much as it’s lovely being in the sun and enjoying the heat, sometimes the temperatures can get too high upon which heatstroke is bound to strike. …

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Music is Therapy for the Brain
Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 13:38 | No Comment
Music is Therapy for the Brain

Music helps patients with stroke to recover brain function. Even though patients cannot speak, they can form melodies which somehow the brain responds to. Therapists encourage patients to put their words into rhymes which the …

Mentally Sick Die Earlier Due To Neglect
Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 13:36 | No Comment
Mentally Sick Die Earlier Due To Neglect

People with mental illness die earlier due to neglect, even though they are concerned about their health. A recently released report shows that people suffering from mental illnesses usually have as many as 10 years …

Understanding Alzheimer’s disease
Saturday, 27 Feb, 2010 – 11:02 | No Comment
Understanding Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia characterized by deterioration of mental function due to brain tissue degeneration. It occurs as people get older, although some risk factors lead to its development in younger people. …

Ways of Dealing with Depression
Thursday, 25 Feb, 2010 – 14:00 | No Comment
Ways of Dealing with Depression

It is normal for every one of us to feel low and blue sometimes. But when these feelings remain persistent and don’t go away, you should be concerned. This could be the beginning of your …

Beware, these could be Signs of a Mental Disorder
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 18:46 | No Comment
Beware, these could be Signs of a Mental Disorder

Did you know that what seems like a normal mood swing could be a sign of a teeming mental disorder? Are you among the people who often say they are stressed, depressed or confused? Or …

Self Harm Figures among Adolescents Show Gaps in Scottish Mental Care
Sunday, 31 Jan, 2010 – 10:07 | No Comment
Self Harm Figures among Adolescents Show Gaps in Scottish Mental Care

Harming oneself is a form of letting out aggression and frustrations and when it is seen in children it is very serious. It has been found that in Scotland the figures of children self harming …

Do Children Need both a Mother and a Father?
Sunday, 31 Jan, 2010 – 10:05 | No Comment
Do Children Need both a Mother and a Father?

This is a question which has been the centre of many debates over time. It is in the centre of societal policies and child care. The development of the child is no doubt moulded by …

Most Holocaust Survivors Suffer From Mental Distress
Thursday, 28 Jan, 2010 – 15:52 | No Comment
Most Holocaust Survivors Suffer From Mental Distress

The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel issued its report on the eve of International Holocaust Memorial Day, which this year marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death …

People Happier When Paid By The Hour, Claim Researchers
Thursday, 28 Jan, 2010 – 15:34 | No Comment
People Happier When Paid By The Hour, Claim Researchers

There is no doubt that money contributes to a person’s well being and happiness, but researchers have now found that it is truer for people who get paid by the hour. Research has shown that …

Bullying Victims Likely To Face Lingering Health Issues
Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 16:01 | No Comment
Bullying Victims Likely To Face Lingering Health Issues

A study recently published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry has claimed that adults who were bullied as children were far more likely than those who were not to suffer from depression …