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February is American Health Month, Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day, and Feb. 14 is National Donor Day. Besides raising awareness of just how many people can be affected by health concerns, this also reminds us that all of us are in some way or another affected by a...
According to a recent report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more states are taking mental health more seriously. Over the last year, mental health budgets in 37 different states increased, including Michigan. Only six states decreased mental health...
As our readers know, the issue of mental illness and mental health care has been in the news a lot in recent months. As recent tragic events have highlighted, those with mental illnesses all too often don’t receive the care they need when they need it.A new rule...
Mental illness can be a real challenge to live with, particularly when it comes to finding and maintaining a successful work life. For veterans who come back from service with severe mental and emotional disturbance, this struggle is a daily reality. One of the...
Our readers have likely all heard by now of the Navy Yard shooting last week, in which former Navy reservist Aaron Alexis shot and killed twelve people and injured three others before being shot and killed by police. The shooting was the second deadliest mass murder...
Those who have been through cancer know that lifesaving cancer treatments can be debilitating for patients. According to a recent report from the United Kingdom, many people go on to suffer from long-term disabilities after surviving cancer treatment. For many cancer...
Recent research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, has found that there are important differences in the way the brain processes emotions in people with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, two closely related mental disorders. Those...
A recent article in the Detroit Free Press highlighted the problem of providing medical care for the mentally ill. As Eric Millikin points out, while the state of Michigan decided in 2003 to close down most of the state's psychiatric hospitals and thereby encourage a...
A recent study looking at severe cases of intellectual disability caused by genetic defects found that many cases may actually not be inherited, but the result of random mutations. The small-scale study reportedly looked at the genetic makeup of 51 children, both of...
Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., as our readers may have heard, is currently away from his work in order to deal with mental illness. According to the Mayo Clinic, where Jackson is being treated, he has Bipolar type II, a form of the illness marked by depressive and...