If you’ve ever yawned or chewed and noticed your jaw clicking, you’re not alone. Although this is a common issue and usually ...

Neurological disorders affect the function of the nervous system. Common pediatric neurological disorders include ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. Neurological disorders ...

Sleep disorders can affect people of any age. Delayed sleep-wake phase disorder, restless legs syndrome, and insomnia are a few examples of disorders that may disrupt sleep cycles in teens. Sleep-wake ...

Researchers have identified many different causes for eating disorders, ranging from genetic risk factors to the culture a person grows up in. However, no single factor causes all eating disorders.

Imagine suddenly losing the ability to move a limb, walk or speak. You would probably recognise this as a medical emergency and get to hospital. Now imagine the doctors at the hospital run some tests ...

More than 50 million Americans have a sleep disorder. Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. Sleep apnea can cause breathing to stop 30 or more times in one hour. More than 50 million Americans ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) were treated as distinct and unrelated psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by altered thinking and ...

Each year, the last week of February is recognized as Eating Disorder Awareness Week. In the days leading up to it, my inbox ...

Jan. 17 -- FRIDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia appear to share common genetic causes, a new, far-reaching Swedish study concludes. In analyzing three decades of ...

Leaving sleep apnoea untreated could accelerate heart ageing and increase a person’s risk of early death, a new study has warned. Sleep apnoea is a breathing disorder that affects people while ...

Bipolar disorder can be a devastating and disabling psychiatric illness that often begins in young people and then runs an episodic clinical course. Do individuals with bipolar disorder get better?