Topic: Mental Health
Last-minute lobbying led to the Legislatures surprise reinstatement of a portion of slot machine taxes earmarked for problem gambling treatment, education and research. Gov. Jim Gibbons had proposed eliminating all money for gambling addiction services to help plug the budget deficit, as money from the $2 slot tax was needed for other programs. Instead, the Legislature restored about half of ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Antidepressants such as Eli Lilly's Prozac or GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil can help depressed patients with physical illness, and doctors should consider them more often, researchers said on Wednesday. While around 10 percent of patients with physical diseases are thought to suffer from depression, studies suggest doctors are less likely to prescribe antidepressants because they are not sure ...
South Korea will offer gamers and other Internet addicts free software from next year to limit the time they spend on the web, the prime minister's office said on Tuesday. The government, which estimates the highly wired nation has about two million web addicts, will offer two types of software -- a consensual shutdown programme and one called Internet Fatigue ...
With all the hype surrounding eating disorders, it can be hard to know what is normal and what isn't. An increasing number of people are overweight, or suffering from debilitating conditions such as anorexia. If you feel you are one of the many people who are overeating, then are a few simple ways to tell.
Put simply, you are ...
