Behind the Headlines Mental Health Archive

Autism: How It Isolates a Person
Posted Mon, Jul 07, 2008, 4:59 pm PDT
Although autism continues to receive much attention from the media, many people are unfamiliar with its manifestations in older children and adults.
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Alzheimer's and Dementia: Will You Be Affected?
Posted Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 4:13 pm PDT
Women are not really more likely to develop Alzheimer's and dementia; it only looks like women have a greater risk because they live longer than men.
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Do Vaccines Cause Autism?
Posted Fri, Feb 15, 2008, 3:32 pm PST
Some scientists have tried to link an apparent rise in the incidence of autism to an increasing number of childhood vaccines that used to contain…
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New Treatment for Early Parkinson's
Posted Fri, Jun 08, 2007, 9:26 am PDT
Despite Neupro's® side effects and its short period of action, this new mode of treatment for early Parkinson's may help patients who have not…
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Enron Example: Stress and Cardiac Death
Posted Fri, Jul 14, 2006, 4:48 pm PDT
Were we really surprised to read that Kenneth Lay died suddenly of what the newspapers called "a massive coronary" July 5 at age 64?
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