Genetics is just one of several factors thought to influence personality disorder development. Life experiences, family dynamics, coping mechanisms, and social learning may all be contributing factors ...

Emotional and social support for patients with retinitis pigmentosa could reduce the incidence of depressive disorder in this demographic. RP is a rare disorder affecting between 1 in 3000 and 1 in ...

A research team at the Medical Faculty Heidelberg at Heidelberg University has, for the first time, identified a potential therapeutic approach for the rare FOXP1 syndrome, a congenital developmental ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, disorganization ...

The human body works hard to prevent outside substances from entering the brain — which makes it a challenge to get drugs into the brain to treat neurological diseases. A study published today in ...

You often hear people proclaim that they "do their own thing" and "don’t care what other people think or say." This, of course, is silliness. For one, the things we do are never wholly our own; the ...

MARIEMONT, Ohio (WKRC) -The 14-year-old Mariemont student's arrest report showed that he has Asperger's syndrome.Psychologists say it's a form of autism. Asperger's has been a way of describing ...

Adds shares in paragraph 1, details of trial in paragraphs 2-3 July 24 (Reuters) - Kodiak Sciences Inc KOD.O decided to discontinue development of its experimental drug to treat a type of eye disorder ...