SAN DIEGO–Three additional flu deaths were reported last week while the number of influenza cases in the region continued fall, the County Health and Human Services Agency said Thursday. The ages of the three people who died ranged from 55 to 96 years of age and all had underlying medical conditions. Through April 20, a […]

(Newswise)–In a small study of patients referred to the Johns Hopkins Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic (EPIC), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that about half the people referred to the clinic with a schizophrenia diagnosis didn’t actually have schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling disorder marked by disordered thinking, feelings and behavior. People who […]

(Newswise)–People often say they can get by on five or fewer hours of sleep, that snoring is harmless, and that having a drink helps you to fall asleep. These are, in fact, among the most widely held myths about sleeping that not only shape poor habits, but may also pose a significant public health threat, […]

(Newswise)–One negative behavior such as substance abuse or heavy alcohol drinking can lead college students toward a vicious cycle of poor lifestyle choices, lack of sleep, mental distress and low grades, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.  “We used a robust data-mining technique to identify associations between mental distress […]

(Newswise)–Air pollution from diesel engines may worsen allergy-induced lung impairment more when tiny particles are filtered from the exhaust than when they are not, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. This surprising result may be due to the fact that some particle-depletion […]