Identical twins Mairéad Lyons and Thérèse Walsh have always had a very close bond but it reached a new level when both of them suffered heart attacks in their 30s, within eight months of each other.

Much of sleep medicine research focuses on specific problems, such as sleep apnea’s link to cognitive decline, how insomnia affects the heart or whether someone is a night owl or an early bird. The ...

It used to be associated with young boys. Now, with a spike in diagnoses in women, a new picture is emerging of how the disorder really works.

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

Anxiety and heart attack symptoms often overlap, leading to dangerous delays in seeking medical help. Health experts emphasize that while anxiety can mimic cardiac distress, it also increases the risk ...

You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means.

Generalized anxiety disorder affects 1 in 20 U.S. adults. Those with serious symptoms may isolate themselves to the point where they rarely leave their home and are unable to work and build meaningful ...

If you've ever woken up with a sore jaw, experienced clicking sounds when you eat, or felt facial pain that won't quit, you're not alone. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD)—commonly called TMJ ...

When I was a social work graduate student, one of my professors had the class perform an interesting exercise. For five minutes, she instructed us to clench our fists, close our eyes tightly and sit ...