health

St. John’s Wort cancer treatment heads to Phase...

Hy Biopharma cancer treatment heads to Phase III trial The company developed a cancer drug based on a substance found in St. John’s Wort. Gali Weinreb US-Israeli start-up Hy Biopharma...

Mel Gibson talks about his bi-polar depression

Mel Gibson talks about being diagnosed as bipolar in a new documentary about the NIDA acting class of 1977. The Hollywood star was interviewed by his classmate Sally McKenzie about his memories as...

British men most depressed in Europe

According to a new study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry (May 1, 2008, Professor Michael King of the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London) data from the...

Roget: creator of Roget’s Thesaurus, made lists...

Peter Mark Roget was born in London on January 18th 1779. After graduation from medical school in Edinburgh, Roget spent 1799 in Bristol working with Thomas Beddoes and Humphry Davy on their...

Gene Protects Adults Abused as Children from De...

Some forms of a gene that controls the body’s response to stress hormones appear to protect adults who were abused in childhood from depression, psychiatrists have found. People who had...

Lily Allen pulls out of Isle of Wight festival,...

Lily Allen has been receiving treatment for depression in a private residential clinic. She is receiving treatment following her recent miscarriage and split from boyfriend . Despite being admitted to the clinic, Allen is...