Anxiety

Every morning during breakfast before the school day starts, my 6-year-old daughter and I pore over the comics section of this newspaper. I read the funnies to her, usually sticking to the kid-friendly "Red and Rover," "Garfield," "Family Circus" and...

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH A strength going into the season, the Atlanta bullpen is now very much a potential concern. Eric O'Flaherty, diagnosed with an ulnar collateral ligament tear, is likely headed to Tommy John reconstructive...

Before I had my first white hair, I took good health for granted, but I've since developed a taste for health tips extracted from the latest scientific research. It seems that recreational marijuana use, newly legal in Washington, might also be...

The brain, with its tangled bundles of neurons and strangely named regions, has been called the most complex structure in the universe. And its workings have remained largely mysterious, hidden deep within the folds of gray matter. Until now. At UW-...

Becca Hart is young, smart, kind and pretty -- all qualities that are easy to see. On the surface, she's exactly what you would expect the reigning Miss High Point Teen USA to be. What you don't immediately see when you meet this amiable 17-year-old,...

Morgan Lane Arnold, an emotionally frail 14-year-old freshman, navigated the hallways of her Howard County high school each day filled with anxiety, unable because of a learning disorder to decipher the social cues, jokes and emotions of her peers. Her...

The Allentown School District is right now faced with what has been termed a budgetary issue, but seems more like a question about vision — how will the district support its students in attaining the finest possible education now and in the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality disorder" and "voyeuristic...

The first five of the 12 dogs the Toledo Area Humane Society helped rescue in April from a hoarding situation in southern Ohio have gone up for adoption. Millie, a 4-year-old Australian cattle dog mix, and Butch, a 2-year-old border collie mix, were...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music, art and dance therapy may relieve anxiety and similar symptoms among people with cancer, according to a new analysis of past studies. Researchers who analyzed results from trials conducted between 1989 and 2011 said the...

Sachiko Banba aches for children in Fukushima Prefecture, who worry whether they can lead a normal life. "Three frequently asked questions from children are whether they are OK to live in Fukushima after they get married, whether they can give birth...

TEL AVIV, May 8 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Alexza Pharmaceuticals reached an exclusive U.S. license and supply agreement for Adasuve inhalation powder for the treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder...