New research at the San Francisco VA Medical Center suggests that mental health issues confronted by U.S. veterans returning from the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan differ by gender.
Female veterans are more likely to have a diagnosis of depression than are their male counterparts, according to a study of nearly 330,000 veterans who received […]

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A recent survey at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, concluded the majority of suicidal adolescents who seek care in a hospital emergency room (ER) go on to receive follow-up care by a mental health professional in the next 30 days.
The authors found that nearly a third of the teens continued to have suicidal thoughts and […]

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A new study shows large doses of vitamin B may slow the progression of memory problems in older people.
Researchers found the vitamin helped the brains of people over 70 not shrink as quickly.
Experts say brain shrinkage is one of the factors that can lead to dementia.
Experts aren’t exactly sure why the vitamin has a positive […]

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According to a recent finding by researchers from CNRS, Inserm and the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, men and yeast have something in common: they use the same molecular process to ensure the integrity of their gene pool during reproduction.
The scientists are therefore set on studying yeast in order to shed light on the numerous […]

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In the beginning of the 1990s the introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing as a screening tool for early detection of prostate cancer (PCa) drastically increased the detection of PCa. An unexpected consequence was the fact that the risk of suicide is increased among prostate cancer patients. A nation-wide study was carried out in Sweden […]

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A new study suggests that drugs for erectile dysfunction don’t make men more likely to engage in potentially unhealthy sex. So, men worried that taking Viagra will lead to sexually risky behavior can relax.
The findings from this study should provide some reassurance to health-care providers that erectile-dysfunction drugs appear to be prescribed responsibly and used […]

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Researchers at the University of Leuven have discovered a new explanation for differences in the severity of mental illness in males. Their conclusions suggests that the more excess copies of a certain gene, the more serious the handicap. The genetic defect is situated on the X-chromosome; and it is suspected that it is the amount […]

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Experts at Sanjivni Centre for Mental Health, India, say men are more vulnerable to mental illness and depression than you would imagine.
While it’s true that women are more prone to depression, it’s equally true that women are better at sharing their emotions and problems than men - as a result most men keep their problems […]

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Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh claim that men with symmetrical faces are less likely to lose their memory and intelligence in later life. The team was unable to find comparable results in women.
Researchers found a link between facial symmetry and mental performance between the ages of 79 and 83. They said it could show […]

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A new study shows that more than 40 percent of the U.S. soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars seen at VA hospitals suffer from mental health disorders or psychosocial behavioral problems. Those returning from Iraq may not show sign of problems right away, study notes
Curiously, the researchers from the San Francisco VA Medical Center […]

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