Psychological research on brain development and teen impulsivity is changing the way the justice system treats teens—and is trickling down to interventions that could help keep them out of the system in the first place

The search for a genetic link to depression, which affects 350 million people worldwide, has come up empty for years. While some people become depressed after a mild stressful event, others remain resilient to catastrophe. A British researcher and his team found two areas in the genome that appear to be key to depression.

Many men with untreated prostate cancer are not getting proper follow-up. When James Mullen of Gig Harbor, Washington, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010, his doctor suggested he consider active surveillance rather than start treatment. He was a candidate for this option, his doctor explained, because his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level combined with his biopsy’s Gleason score indicated a low risk that his cancer would progress.

Katherine Wilemon was 15 when she discovered that she was living with extremely high cholesterol levels in her blood. At the time, she and her doctors had no idea how seriously this would put her life at risk as she grew up. Katherine had gone to the family doctor because she was suffering from pain in her Achilles tendons, and he ordered a series of tests to identify the problem.

In a study published in 2015, researchers found that the median duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) was 74 weeks among participants. The people in the study represented 21 states throughout the country and had sought treatment in community clinic settings (Psychiatry Services, 2015).

New precision cancer medicines are increasing survival rates for lung cancer patients.

Shirlie Calabrese was understandably nervous as she approached her 57th birthday in November, 2012. Her mother died of cancer at the age of 58, and her sister died of cancer at 57.

Recent studies that suggest meditation can reduce the perception of pain in adults have prompted researchers to explore whether it could provide pain relief for children with neuroblastoma.

As a program director at the National Human Genome Research Institute, Vivian Ota Wang shapes how researchers access vast amounts of biomedical data

People struggling with excessive weight are increasingly benefiting from bariatric treatment. Karina Falcon had struggled with being overweight for most of her life, at just an inch over 5 feet tall and weighing 270 pounds. People stared when she stepped on a bus and tried to fit into a seat. Karina was constantly short of breath, her joints ached, and she suffered from sleep apnea—all consequences of her excess weight.

A year after her leg was nearly sliced off by a plane that crashed on Interstate 680, Danville's Arianna Jiminez is standing tall