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By Marc Siegel
The premise
By Steve Dudley, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Leopold, a retired symphony conductor, came into my office to go over lab results from his recent physical exam. Most of them looked...
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
Scientists have confirmed an axiom of teenage life: Kids intent on climbing the social ladder at school are more likely to pick on their...
By Valerie Ulene, Special to the Los Angeles Times
As last year drew to a close, I found myself struggling with whether I'd draft resolutions for 2011. For years I've made commitments to...
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
This year's college freshmen report feeling higher levels of emotional and financial stress than their predecessors did, according to a...
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times
Women do not suffer mental health problems such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of having an abortion,...
By Tony Pierce
By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
Can cause of death determine race?
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times
Eating food containing trans fats and saturated fats could contribute to depression, scientists reported Wednesday.
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
In "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (Penguin Press, 2011), Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua describes child-rearing techniques that, as...
By Marilyn Elias, Special to the Los Angeles Times
House foundations are crumbling in our dreams. Instead of the proverbial sheep guiding our sleep journey, dangerous thugs lurk in the...
No one really knows what dreams are for. But evolutionary psychologists theorize that humans started dreaming to promote survival by...
The picture says it all. Taken by Times photographer Rick Loomis, it neatly sums up the dysfunction of California's prison system. In the...
By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
A week before Christmas, Judy Powelson was awaiting her son's first visit home in nine months with a mix of excitement and trepidation.
By Valerie Ulene, Special to the Los Angeles Times
I'm quite thin now, but that wasn't always the case. As a child, I carried around extra weight for many years — and my brothers...
By Karen Ravn, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Chances are, given the time of year and all, you're about to go shopping (and shopping and shopping and shopping and shopping).
By James S. Fell, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Dear Ms. Winfrey:
By Shari Roan
Stress takes a toll on women's heart health. A study released Sunday found that women who report high stress on the job have a 40% increased...
By Eric Jaffe, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Now and then, a new psychology movement bursts onto the popular scene and shakes up the mental health establishment. Typically these efforts...
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times
Being happy apparently requires significant concentration skills. The authors of a study on happiness found that while daydreaming -- or...
By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times
Parents' stress can take a toll on their kids. Ask children, not Mom and Dad, how they are affected by their parents' stress.
High doses of B vitamins can reduce shrinkage of the brain that is frequently a precursor of Alzheimer's disease, British researchers...
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times
Obesity rates in the United States, which some health experts have suggested may be stabilizing at about 34%, will continue to rise until at...
By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times
Most hospitals have their share of weird cases, but Rhode Island Hospital may win some kind of prize for having an abundance of instances of...
By Mary Forgione
Body Image 101: Like it or not, studies show attractive people have an edge in everything from being hired to being set free (yes, they...
By Karen Ravn, Special to the Los Angeles Times
How would you like to see an honest-to-goodness witch flying by your place at midnight this Halloween? Just put your clothes on inside out,...
By Lori Kozlowski, Los Angeles Times
Wray Herbert is thinking about your brain. He concludes that your thinking may be so ancient that you're making more mistakes than you'd...
By Steve Dudley, Special to the Los Angeles Times
I saw Margaret recently. I was happy that she came in, as she was overdue for a visit. She is a delightful, middle-age woman who has been on...
By Eric Jaffe, Special to the Los Angeles Times
With unemployment idling near 10%, the negative effect of job loss on mental health has assumed a sharp relevance. Losing work has been...
By Lily Dayton, Special to the Los Angeles Times
The best medicine for a longer, healthier life may be the support of family and friends: That's the conclusion of an exhaustive July...