Disorder : Science World Report

Jan 05, 2016 06:47 PM EST

Changes In Brain Connectivity May Prevent The Development Of Bipolar Disorder

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that changes in brain wiring may help avert the onset of developing bipolar disorder in some patients.

Dec 30, 2015 04:19 PM EST

5 Breakthrough Medical Treatments in 2015

What medical advances happened in 2015? There were a lot of them! Here are five great ones.

Oct 14, 2015 06:46 PM EDT

Childhood Head Injury Increases Risk Of Alcohol Abuse In Females

Girls who suffer a concussive bump on the head in childhood could be at increased risk for abusing alcohol as adults, a new study suggests.

Sep 21, 2015 05:38 PM EDT

Schizophrenia Genes Unlock Treatment For Disorder

Researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) have linked the abnormal of the genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) to underlying links of schizophrenia, a disabling brain disorder that's estimated to affect anywhere between 200,000 to 3 million in the United States annually. Symptoms of th...

Aug 12, 2015 02:53 PM EDT

Some Reproductive Age Women Experience Unexplained Pelvic Pain

New findings published in the journal Human Reproduction show that more than a third of women who reported pelvic pain in a recent study did not have a condition.

Jul 28, 2015 11:23 PM EDT

Depression And Microbiota: Intestinal Bacteria May Influence Mental Health

New findings published in the journal Nature Communications reveal that intestinal microbiota may play a role in inducing anxiety and depression.

Jul 20, 2015 11:36 AM EDT

Chinese Toddler Receives Skull Implant For Rare Congenital Disorder

Chinese toddler Hanhan was born with a rare congenital disorder known as hydrocephalus, a condition in which the brain fills with cerebrospinal fluids that are unable to properly drain from the skull; this has left the young girl's head three time's its normal size. Yet fortunately, doctor's have be...

Jun 18, 2015 09:16 PM EDT