Mental Health

  • How health scares cause illness

    Modern health scares have created a nocebo phenomenon – where people experience symptoms because they wrongly think something is damaging, researchers claim. Read more

  • Omega-3 helps to preserve memory

    Eating omega-3-rich foods, such as fish, rather than saturated fat, dairy and meat could help to preserve memory and maintain the ability to think, it has been claimed. Read more

  • Research into to brain’s ‘free will’

    Scientists are looking to see if they can “interfere” with how to brain consciously makes decisions after successfully pin-pointing the exact moment when its nerve cells create the signal to carry out an action, it was revealed today. Read more

  • Magic mushroom research plea

    So-called magic mushrooms might be able to help treat severe depression, a controversial British expert has claimed. Read more

  • Child TV not found harmful

    Parking young children in front of television or on electronic games may not be as damaging to their mental health as has been feared, according to a major British research project reported today. Read more

  • Exercise could delay dementia

    Short bouts of exercise boost brain function, which could help delay dementia, it has been claimed. Read more

  • Brain pacemaker for anorexia

    People suffering from severe anorexia could be treated with a brain "pacemaker", doctors report today. Read more

  • Heart-break of loss

    Losing a sibling causes long term stress on the heart – increasing the risk of death, researchers revealed last night. Read more

  • Depression hampers shingles vaccine

    The shingles vaccine may not work properly for people with untreated depression, researchers have warned. Read more

  • Folic acid may prevent autism

    Women are encouraged to take the vitamin folic acid in pregnancy – and a new study suggests it may help prevent autism. Read more