The number of children hospitalized for abuse injuries in a single year is a wake-up call that parents feeling high levels of stress should seek help before the pressure overtakes them.

A drug frequently prescribed for issues of the heart and prostate may be able to help cocaine addicts curb their need, a new report suggests.

A review of twenty years worth of research reveals that physically punishing kids probably does more harm than good and appears to increase kids' aggression.

For young adults who smoke, relief is just around the corner. A new study shows young adults who quit smoking had improved respiratory function in as little as two weeks.

Sometimes Nan Miller couldn't get out of bed or eat. She had failed nine antidepressants and suffered increasingly severe cycles of depression over seven years.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder related to attentiveness and overactivity . Though there is no single cause of ADHD, exposure to anesthesia may increase risk.

Parents of high school football players take note: it's not the one big hit that poses the greatest risk to their teens' brains - it's the smaller hits from regular practices and games.

Charles Darwin’s ideas of evolution are supported yet again, this time by psychologists studying anxiety.

It seems that racial and ethnic disparities still exist across the health care field, including mental health care - particularly for older people.

Bulimia patients who prefer their treatment to be in the comfort of their own home can safely turn to e-therapists, research reports.