Evolutionary Psychiatry

The first thing you think of when the word "psychiatry" comes up is probably not autoimmune disease. But I see a lot of it, as au...

Low serum cholesterol has been linked in numerous scientific papers to suicide, accidents, and violence ( 1 )( 2 )( 3 )( 4 )( 5 )( 6 )( 7 )....

This morning I had a chance to read this fascinating article about Ancel Keys' semistarvation experiments of conscientious objectors to...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition characterized by the chronic experience of abdominal pain, cramping, bloating, gas, constipati...

We are the products of our mother's and father's genes ( more Mom than Dad ), but a modern understanding of genetics and biology sho...

The first written records we have of depression are from Mesopotamia, in 2000 B.C. Those who were depressed were thought to be possessed by...

In the West a few centuries ago, mental illness was considered the result of personal or spiritual failure. Those who suffered were often c...