19+ hour, 37+ min ago   (613+ words) A few minutes of bedroom maintenance every Sunday can make your sleep environment cleaner, calmer, and better prepared for the week ahead. Fresh sheets, cleaner air, and fewer allergens can help create a bedroom that better supports quality sleep. A…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (782+ words) Insomnia can make a night feel endless. A new study raises a more surprising possibility: successfully treating it might also change biological signals linked with how quickly the body is aging. Researchers studying older adults found that cognitive behavioral therapy…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (747+ words) Hot flashes may be the menopause symptom everyone recognizes. The feeling many women describe as "I don't feel like myself" can be harder to name — irritability, anxiety, low mood, mental exhaustion and poor sleep arriving in the same stretch of…...

5+ day, 57+ min ago   (581+ words) "We have the tools to do that with the kind of precision that we have never had before," says Thomas Insel, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who led the US National Institute of Mental Health for 13 years. Schizophrenia is a disorder…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (260+ words) Hi, Yahoo readers! My name is Rachel Grumman Bender, and I've rounded up the latest wellness tips to have on your radar right now. Let's start with one of the most important health numbers to know: your blood pressure. Millions…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (688+ words) In traffic. At the DMV. In a lecture hall. Numbed by the suffocating tedium we call boredom. The reflex is to flee-increasingly, into our devices, said Dr. Charles Herrick, a psychiatrist with Northwell Health. "We're alone and we're finding it uncomfortable…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (463+ words) For people with severe depression that doesn't improve with standard antidepressants, a psychedelic compound found in so-called ''magic mushrooms'' could offer a new treatment option. Psilocybin is being studied for treatment-resistant depression, generally defined as depression that has failed to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1613+ words) Erik Modlo, MD, MBA, IFMCP, is a Functional Medicine Physician at Cleveland Clinic and has over 15 years of experience in internal medicine. He serves as the Educational Director at the Center for Functional Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. Gary Soffer, MD,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (449+ words) "Sometimes postpartum is just like, ugh," she said. The video shows Julia sitting on a couch while holding her infant, as she keeps tapping her hand against her head and looks visibly tired. Text over the image reads, "I need…...

3+ week, 24+ min ago   (1189+ words) Treatment options for postpartum depression (PPD) may include psychotherapy (talk therapy), medication, lifestyle changes, or a combination of these approaches. The right treatment can take some trial and error to find, and what works well for one person may not…...