Russian president Vladimir Putin has been given just three years to live by doctors, it’s claimed. A growing number of unconfirmed reports alledge the 69-year-old president has cancer and that his health is deteriorating quickly. And now an FSB officer has claimed Putin “has no more than two to three […]
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What to know about the tick-borne illness
This potentially fatal tick-borne illness is commonly linked to deer ticks. According to the Department of Public Health, the disease is rare but usually goes undetected. “It’s not like we’re doing surveillance studies of Powassan virus, in the sense that many people who get tick bites might be completely asymptomatic […]
‘My world fell apart’: life in prison with serious mental illness | Mental health
Many people with serious mental illnesses end up in prison cells – and then struggle to get transferred to hospital. The Guardian speaks to a woman imprisoned for setting fire to a cushion and a prison officer running a unit for the sickest prisoners. ‘I should have been in hospital’ […]
Does Marc Spector Have Dissociative Identity Disorder? Moon Knight’s Mental Illness, Explained
If it wasn’t the ankle chain tying Marvel’s Steven Grant to his bed, or the unaccounted days spent in foreign countries gunning down and driving off zealot mercenaries, or the baritone of an Egyptian deity in his ear, telling him to wrest control of his body over to another version […]
Why some research on mental illness and the brain falls short : Shots
New research finds that previous studies of mental illness using brain scans may be too small for the results to be reliable. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images/Image Source hide caption toggle caption Andrew Brookes/Getty Images/Image Source New research finds that previous studies of mental illness using brain scans may be too small […]
Parkinson’s disease: All you wanted to know about the illness and its treatment | Lifestyle Health
Parkinsonism is a syndrome in which a person develops slowness in activities. Along with slowness of activities at least one among the following three symptoms such as tremor, stiffness of muscles and postural imbalance should be present to make a diagnosis of parkinsonism. World over Parkinson’s day is observed on […]
The a glaring gap in research on serious mental illness and primary care
Laura Brown knows that she has high cholesterol, and that as someone who lives with bipolar 1 disorder, she faces even higher risk of cardiovascular problems. It’s constantly on her mind. But going to a doctor’s office for routine care is almost entirely out of the question. She’s a 35-year-old […]
Mullen-Johnson: Mental Health and Illness in the Black Community
By Crystal Mullen-Johnson During the month of February, we celebrate the life and legacy of African American trailblazers who used their voices to advocate for positive change in our country and to eliminate a system of racial discrimination. We also celebrate those who blazed trails as inventors, researchers, and innovators. […]
Omicron in kids leading to a new but familiar illness: croup
Covid-19’s omicron variant appears to be affecting children under age 5 in a new way: a harsh, barking cough known as croup. While croup generally is not harmful, it can be frightening for parents already on edge about their babies and toddlers, too young for the Covid-19 vaccine, becoming infected […]