Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) sounds complicated, but the treatment itself is straightforward.

Winter amplifies PTSD symptoms through biology, darkness and isolation that hits veterans hard. Your brain needs sunlight to ...

Although there is no controlled research supporting the idea that patients need to be prepared to start evidenced-based treatments (EBTs) like cognitive processing therapy (CPT) or prolonged exposure ...

SAN ANTONIO – Researchers with Trinity University and the Southwest Research Institute are working on treating PTSD with a new nasal spray. The oxytocin-based treatment hopes to make it easier to help ...

I observed the joys and sorrows of military service while serving for nine months this year as a Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Navy at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, a country on the eastern horn of ...

We’ve long known of the link between depression and dementia. Now, a new study pinpoints six depressive symptoms in middle age that can predict dementia more than two decades later. Dementia diagnoses ...

After a three-decade drought of new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea, the FDA has signed off on two first-in-class oral treatments for the sexually transmitted infection (STI), which affects more than ...

The flu had a glow-up. This year’s flu season is proving to be worse than normal, with hospitalizations up significantly compared to last year, and the CDC reporting 4.6 million cases of the flu so ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Scientists know that people who suffer brain injuries are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease later in life because of prolonged brain inflammation that damages brain cells.

Myalgia often results from muscle strain, injury, or overuse. Chronic conditions like fibromyalgia may require treatment to ease myalgia. Using stress management techniques, like journaling, ...

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