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ADHD can cost adults 20 or more workdays a year

When "Fidgety Philip" grows up, the problems of attention deficit disorder can multiply into loss of nearly a month's work per year.

Scientists Solve Bone Disease Mystery

Scientists have discovered a mutant gene that triggers the body to form a second, renegade skeleton, solving the mystery of a rare disease called FOP that imprisons children in bone for life.

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Sleep turns woman into a sex addict
Source: Australian News Network

A WOMAN suffers from a mysterious disorder which turns her into a sex addict - when she is asleep. Belle Floor is a Sexsomniac - meaning she engages in sexual acts while she is sleeping - and cannot remember anything the next day.

Husband with chronic sleep disorder strangled wife during nightmare
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Prosecution asks jury for not guilty verdict because Brian Thomas dreamed he was tackling an intruder inside camper van in Wales

Scientists reverse engineer HIV, use it to deliver gene that cures two children of neurological disorder.
Source: Med Page Medical News

In what appears to be a first, European researchers have used gene therapy to arrest the progress of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, a fatal brain disease.

New Relief For Acid Reflux Patients?
Source: WCVB-TV

BOSTON -- If you don't suffer from acid reflux, chances are good someone you know may. One in five Americans has it, and it can be a burning burden.

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
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Data found on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy was found to be congruent among most researchers. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is one of the most complicated forms of child abuse due to deceit.

Dementia may have been caused by the Second World War claims scientist
Source: the Mail online

The dementia affecting hundreds of thousands of Britons may be a legacy of the Second World War, a scientist has claimed. Research presented at a conference in York yesterday suggested that traumatic stress can trigger Alzheimer's and other conditions.

Biracial Asian Americans And Mental Health
Source: Science Daily

A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder.

WSU Researchers Trace Sources of Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

Recent research by scientists at Washington State University suggests two potential contributors to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a mysterious malady that has slowly wiped out large numbers of bee hives throughout the United States in recent years, may be trace pesticides often …

6 New Personality Disorders Caused by the Internet | Cracked.com
Source: CRACKED.com

Just a hilarious piece from cracked.com of new possible personality disorders caused by the internet and their reasons. I'm sure many newsvine readers would relate (I think I have problems 4 or 5! Who knows I could have problem number 2 as well!)...;)!

Why China is cracking down on protests in Xinjiang - By John Lee
Source: foreignpolicy.com

There is widespread disorder even in provinces that pose no challenge to Beijing's right to rule. In 2005, for example, there were 87,000 officially recorded instances of unrest (defined as those involving 15 or more people) -- up from just a few thousand incidents a decade ago.

Kids with ADHD need to fidget, study says
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

If you've got a kid with ADHD, you've probably spent countless hours pleading with him to sit still. Well, stop it.

Drunkorexia: Dieting Drinkers - MSN Health & Fitness - Body Image
Source: MSN

Interesting to see how being "beautiful" is taking a toll on today's young people...

"Big City" Sleep Medicine just came to Oviedo

New to the Oviedo area, but not to sleep medicine, Total Sleep Management has recently opened a lab three miles north of the University of Central Florida on North Alafaya Trail.

My Apology to Perez Hilton
Source: Town Hall

Perez Hilton's homosexual disorder is unfortunate. This is an excellent article regarding his circumstances. Hopefully he can find a way out of his sickness and become a normal human being someday that can really contribute something to society.

Internet Trolls - Catch & Release - Ain't About Fishin' - It's About Annoying Folks Tryin' to Sink Your Boat & How to Toss 'em Overboard!

Ever had your NEWSVINE or other Internet blog article hijacked? If not, you haven't been around here very long, or, you're just plain lucky.

Hallmark "Cancer" Cards Miss the Mark by a Mile

By Steve Adubato, Ph.D. Sometimes, certain messages are very difficult to communicate. Particular situations make us uncomfortable when we have to get our message across to someone who is suffering or in pain.

Surgeon Heals Patients and Their Violent Ways
Source: CNN

Cooper created the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) at the Shock Trauma Unit of the University of Maryland Medical Center, the state's busiest hospital for violent injuries. It became one of the country's first hospital-based anti-violence programs. More Articles

Dress down to fool G20 rioters, bank staff told in City
Source: This is London

LONDON is preparing to go into lockdown next week amid fears of major disorder hitting the G20 summit.

Generals share their experience with PTSD
Source: CNN

General officers discuss personal accounts of battles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Generals advocate change in military doctrine in dealing with psychologically afflicted combattants. A new sense of openness is called for in treating PTSD victims.

ADD Sufferer Dedicates Life to Helping Others Overcome Attention Deficit Disorder
Source: Somerville Journal Homepage RSS

Great story about Michael Sandler, Author of College Confidence with ADD, helping others to overcome challenges of Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities

Turkish scientists identify chemical leading to schizophrenia
Source: http://www.todayszaman.com

..."Turkish scientists have discovered in animal testing that a compound named agmatine released by the brain in excessive amount leads to schizophrenia, a psychological disorder seen in one out of every 100 people with no known cure. "...

Teens who seem to be tiny tots
Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

Just because their parents could not afford hormonal injections, a brother and sister look like tiny tots though they are 16 and 18.

Sheyla Hershey: "I dumped my boyfriend to get 38KKK breasts!"
Source: bild.de

But Sheyla's quest for record-breaking knockers was insatiable and she was desperate to get her boobs increased further. However, Texas law forbid her from getting further implants for fear they could be dangerous to her health.

Drug Made/Secreted in the Milk of Altered Goats Is FDA Approved
Source: The Washington Post

Federal officials yesterday approved for the first time the sale of a drug made in animals genetically modified to secrete the compound in their milk. More Articles

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