Having trouble sleeping? These products aim to help

Lack of sleep, researchers say, can cause driving hazards, depression, poor work performance, a hazy memory, a lackluster sex life, an...

'Senior moments' may have real link to Alzheimer's disease

The “senior moments” of unreliable memory may be a scientifically valid way to predict Alzheimer’s disease, after all.

The spa as a spiritual place

Spa fans want more than sloughing off dead skin or soothing aching muscles from those pampering places of eucalyptus-scented bliss. And...

Brain fitness games: A look at Lumosity, Posit Science, CogniFit

As the brain fitness craze grows, so do the number of software programs that promise to boost mental skills. Here, we take a look at three...

Brain teasers can help tease out how your brain works

Brain teasers are games or puzzles that challenge the brain or teach people something about how their brains work. Though brain teasers...

Brain fitness can include playing training games on computers

In decades past, if someone mentioned the word "fitness," he or she was probably talking about calisthenic routines performed in a spandex...

Try This: The humming breath, a virtual hug for kids

The humming breath is a great way for children to calm and soothe themselves. It's sort of like a virtual hug, giving you that "everything...

A lifeline for parents concerned about a child's mental health

Lynn Goodloe saw her son's grades begin to fall as he developed a knack for getting into mischief at a private Westside high school. Was...

Obese adults should get counseling, federal task force says

In a move that could significantly expand insurance coverage of weight-loss treatments, a federal health advisory panel on Monday...

Supplements for depression: What the research reveals

Struggling with the black dog of depression? The supplement aisle abounds with options for people seeking a non-medicinal remedy —...

This is your mind on meditation: less wandering, more doing

The brains of experienced meditators appear to be fitter, more disciplined and more "on task" than do the brains of those trying out...

Pets and your health: the good and the bad

They cuddle and purr. And they shed. They wag their tails and fetch your slippers. And they shed. They never talk back and they never hold a...

Men juggle too: Competing work and family demands stress out more guys nowadays

A growing number of men are now suffering from the seductive promise that they can have it all: the comforts and rewards of a...

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Artistic expressions born of brain disorders

Many people who have suffered brain damage turn to creating art. Researchers are studying them to help unravel how the brain works.

After brain damage, the creative juices flow for some

Artist Katherine Sherwood was just 44 when a hemorrhage in her brain's left hemisphere paralyzed the right side of her body —...

Using video to fight workplace stress

In the eight years Krista Lang Blackwood has been artistic director of a nonprofit choral group, she's heard it all: prospective donors...

Pain and heartache are bound together in our brains

Like a jab in the arm with a red-hot poker, social rejection hurts. Literally. A new study finds that our brains make little distinction...

Bilingualism good for the brain, researchers say

Does being bilingual give young children a mental edge, or does it delay their learning?

Parenting experts weigh in on 'Tiger Mother'

In "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (Penguin Press, 2011), Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua describes child-rearing techniques that, as...