Ill. governor parlor game: Psychotic or political?

He's accused of talking about an ambassadorship, a Cabinet post in the Obama administration, even someday running for president — all while clearly aware of a federal corruption investigation hovering over his administration.

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9 Tell-Tale Signs of Poor Communication in Relationships

Poor communication is the most common complaint by couples (as stated by 68 per cent of couples seeking counselling). Apparently, the average couple talk for only five minutes per day! Yet communication is the most important aspect of a relationship.

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Kathleen Parker, a conservative and a Southern girl both by birth and by choice (she was born in Florida, is a Florida State grad and now lives in Camden, S.C.), writes a provocative column about the impact of her native region on the Republican Party.

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"Dream — nothing!" is one of the many things I've heard the 14th Dalai Lama say to large audiences that seem to startle the unprepared.

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Scientists at the United Kingdom's Cambridge and Aberystwyth universities have created a "robot scientist" that they believe is the first automaton to make its own scientific discoveries. More Articles

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Brains have long been compared to the most advanced existing technology — including, at one point, telephone switchboards.

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The Washington Post reported Tuesday that $1.1 billion of President Obama's stimulus package will be spent on something called "comparative effectiveness research" in health care.

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When I was in Iraq, the most common wound behind the many Purple Hearts we awarded was the "perforated eardrum," an eardrum punctured by the concussion of a nearby explosion...

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When the American journalist David Plotz took Provigil, he said it should be given a slogan. Just as valium was marketed as "the housewife's little helper," he said this should be sold as "the boss' little helper." It makes you work better and harder than before. More Articles

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"With coupons unavailable, support and education insufficient, and the most vulnerable Americans exposed, I urge you to consider a change to the legislatively-mandated analog cutoff date," John Podesta, co-chair of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team wrote in the letter, …

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"We need the best brains working on the best brains." That's the way Professor Paul Francis from King's College London sums up the problem facing scientists working on a range of diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Autism. More Articles

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The study, which appears in the journal Intelligence, appears to support the idea that genes underlying intelligence may have other biological effects too. More Articles

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Adult Survivor Of Child Abuse: The Consequences In My Life Part 2

A continuation of the series from Adult Survivor Of Child Abuse: The Consequences In My Life Part 1 "Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it." ~Vincent Van Gogh

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Adult Survivor Of Child Abuse: The Consequences In My Life Part 1

"I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine none that is more irredeemably sinful than the betrayal, the exploitation, of the young by those who should care for them." Anonymous

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Simple activities such as gardening or mending a bicycle can protect mental health and help people to lead more fulfilled and productive lives, a panel of scientists has found.

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Increasing numbers of people are using prescription drugs like Ritalin to boost alertness and brain power, say experts. More Articles

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Fear in America? What John McCain's Campaign may say about America and Fear

Is it time to get or renew our passports and be prepared to get out of the US in fear of the a John McCain American, that on it's face is beginning to resemble an Imperialist minded, hate filled, and neo-conservative agenda coming into starkly sharp focus? It seems a fair questi …

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A long fight over putting the coverage of mental health on par with other health conditions is nearly over.

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...three case studies of what psychiatrists interested in the intersection of mental illness, culture and society are calling, respectively, Truman Show delusion, Internet delusion and climate change delusion; all of them a window, through madness, into the modern world.

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A side-show to life

When my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer almost one year ago, the news struck my family like a lightning bolt.

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Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing number of eligible men were steering clear of marriage.

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Richard Dawkins has been named Author of the Year by the Galaxy British Book Awards!

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Therapy again!

The other morning I found this e-mail in my inbox. It was hillarious. I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes and nearly needed to grab a pair of Depends. Then later that night driving down the ubiquitous Main St.

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Les Blomberg hears a lot about what people hear in their homes. As director of the nonprofit Noise Pollution Clearinghouse, he fields hundreds of distress calls a week. It's the highway, it's the industrial rumble, it's the guy upstairs with heavy heels and bad TV.

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I wish Americans had something better to do than beat up on this nice young lady. I know I just made a joke about her too, but she's not dumb. She's pretty smart. I looked into it. She studies hard and gets good grades. She just screwed up on a TV show. She's a kid. ...

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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy presides over this fascinating mock hearing

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