Only when the guns fall silent does the extent of damage wrought by conflict become visible. ...more

March 8, 2009

The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound. ...more

January 8, 2009

Details are emerging from the alleged anthrax killer investigation that leaves most regular folks wondering how in the world someone with the deceased suspect's mental health problems continue to work in such a sensitive field? ...more

August 6, 2008

The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck - and the back and the head and the stomach - for millions of Americans. ...more

June 11, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck - and the back and the head and the stomach - for millions of Americans. When people are dealing with mountains of debt, they're much more likely to report health problems, too, according to an Associated Press-AOL Health poll. And not just little stuff; this means ulcers, severe depression, even heart attacks. ...more

June 9, 2008

CANADA - A man who claimed that he became depressed, anxious and phobic after finding a dead fly in a bottle of water will no longer get the judgment he won against a bottling company, Canada's top court ruled Thursday. ...more

May 25, 2008

If you have heart disease and you are having or want to have sex, questions and anxieties almost always arise. Reduced sexual desire and avoidance of sexual activity are the most common problems encountered by heart patients. These problems can be compounded by drug therapy, depression and fear by the patient — or his or her partner — that sex will bring on a heart attack, rhythm disturbance or other cardiac abnormality. ...more

February 8, 2008

It has been a strange, sort of melancholy year, marked by eulogies for people I knew and farewells to people I know. ...more

December 18, 2007