Mental Health and Immigration Among Priorities
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RICHMOND, Jan. 10 -- Democrats vowed Thursday to rule from the center as the controlling party of the Virginia Senate as they unveiled a list of priorities for the legislative session that began Wednesday.
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Promoting prosperity topped the agenda at a gathering of U.S., Canadian and Mexican Cabinet leaders Friday, but immigration and the threat of terrorism also were key topics at the gathering.
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Over the past several decades, a steady stream of studies has documented that people born in winter and spring have an increased risk for schizophrenia, a serious mental illness characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.
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A new report suggests that immigrant children are better protected from higher rates of obesity, asthma, and adolescent risk-taking than native-born and Americanized children.
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TORONTO - The stress of immigrating to Canada may be leading to poorer health, a new survey suggests. Researchers at the Canadian Institute for Health Information examined health data from the 2000-2001 Canadian Community Health Survey.
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A person&#39;s mental health plays a direct role in maintaining a satisfying marriage, a recent research says. In a sample of 774 married couples from seven US states, researchers assessed each partners&#39; level
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New federal legislation would provide grants to help counties and states establish and expand mental health services for people in the legal system or who have been incarcerated.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson pledged Monday to add mental health services at more than 100 VA medical centers to fight resistance to seeking help for depression and other illnesses.
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Top officials in the Bush administration and on Capitol Hill said yesterday that the federal government must move quickly to revamp the nation's system for identifying and caring for military personnel with the invisible wounds of mental illness.
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates promised Thursday to speed up changes to the military's much-criticized mental health system, declaring "this is something that we can, must and will get fixed."
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates vowed today to improve mental health care for service members, focusing the Pentagon's attention on a system described as deficient in dealing with such issues as psychological trauma and severe brain injuries resulting from the war in Iraq.
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Congress may have put off immigration issues for now, in the hopes of passing the intelligence reform bill, but a battle over immigration policy may be looming right around the corner.
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ACHIEVEMENTS need goals. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong&#39;s list of priorities, listed in yesterday&#39;s National Day Rally speech, clarifies the external and domestic realities that the new Government has to deal
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Virginia&#39;s mental health care system is plagued by bed shortages, aging state hospitals and inadequate staffing. Faced with all that, the short 2005 session of the General
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A recent survey found that two  out of three African Americans worry about developing heart  disease and two out of five are concerned about developing  Alzheimer's disease, yet only one in 20 are aware that heart  health is linked to brain health.
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NEW YORK  - Men and women with mental disorders, including substance abuse or addiction, report higher levels of conflict between work and their family lives, Canadian researchers report.