Less than two weeks after Angelina Jolie revealed she’d had a double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, her aunt died from the disease. Debbie Martin died at age 61 at a hospital in Escondido, California near San Diego, her husband, Ron Martin, said.
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Orthorexia: Can Healthy Eating Be Labeled a Disorder?
Kristie Rutzel was in high school when she began adhering precisely to the government food pyramids.
Medicine: Alzheimer’s Rise
Reports about the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease seem almost as inexorable as the illness. Each new survey appears to uncover a higher incidence of this wasting affliction of the mind
Me and My Bipolar Disorder
It’s hard to imagine a more harrowing life, psychologically speaking, than that which author Marya Hornbacher, 34, has lived. Before finally being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 24, she suffered through life-threatening anorexia and bulimia , self-mutilation, drugs, alcohol and numbing sex.
Internet addiction linked to ADHD, depression in teens
Some children and teens are more likely than their peers to become addicted to the Internet, and a new study suggests it’s more likely to happen if kids are depressed, hostile, or have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or social phobia.