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Experts Criticize Marianne Williamson's Views on Vaccines, Depression and Illness

By Abigail Abrams

Michael Phelps Opens Up About Retirement and Mental Health Awareness: 'I Struggle Through Problems Just Like Everybody Else'

A Genetic Test Could Help Predict the Right Antidepressant For You

There May Be Five Types of Diabetes

By The Aspen Institute
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Voting Is Good for Your Health, Study Finds

Voting isn't just good for the country. A new study reveals that adolescents and young adults who are civically involved also tend to have better health. In the new study, published Tuesday in the journal...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

TIME's Instagram Photographer of 2017

Melissa Spitz Is TIME's Pick for Instagram Photographer of 2017 By Alexandra Genova | Photographs and Video by Melissa Spitz Melissa Spitz was 7 years old when she visited her mother in a mental institution....

Here's What Your Recurring Nightmares Actually Mean

Everyone has a bad dream once in a while. But having the same one over and over may signal that something specific is missing in your daily life, new research suggests. Men and women in...

By Amanda MacMillan

Scientists Can Tell if Babies Will Be Left-Handed Before They're Even Born

The discovery might help predict depression, schizophrenia and autism

By Billy Perrigo

Hormonal Birth Control Is Linked to a Higher Risk of Suicide, Study Says

Contraceptives are effective ways to prevent pregnancy, alleviate menstrual pain and ease heavy bleeding, but the hormonal changes needed to accomplish that may have some negative psychological side effects. In a study published in the...

By Alice Park

Why More Veterans are Running for Political Office

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By The Aspen Institute

Elderly Americans Are Losing Their Rights

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By The Aspen Institute

Video: Just One Hour of Exercise a Week May Help Prevent Depression

Regular exercise may prevent many cases of future depression, according to a new Australian study, and researchers say that as little as one hour a week can make a real difference. The paper, published in...

By Amanda MacMillan

Sleep Deprivation Can Rapidly Reduce Depression

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

People With Sick Pets Have More Anxiety and Depression

The stress may affect veterinarians too

By Abigail Abrams

How Marriage May Literally Break Your Heart...or Keep it Healthy

Fighting with a partner is as bad for the heart as being overweight, say doctors.

By Belinda Luscombe

Why Teenage Brains Are So Hard to Understand

It's not just you. Researchers are finding that teenage brains really are special

By Alexandra Sifferlin

This Is the Meanest Reason to Break Up With Someone

Rejection hurts. But it stings even more when you're turned down for another person: dumped because your partner found someone better, for example, or passed over for a great job because of a more qualified...

By Amanda MacMillan

13% of Americans Take Antidepressants

Antidepressants are some of the most popular drugs in the United States, and their usage shows no signs of waning. A new report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that from 2011 through...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Football Brain Injuries and a New Hope for Depression: This Week in Health

A new analysis of the brains of deceased NFL players found something unsettling: 110 out of 111 of them had a serious brain disease caused by repetitive blows to the head. In more hopeful news,...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

New Hope for Depression

Depression afflicts 16 million Americans. One third don’t get better with treatment. A surprising new drug may change that

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