For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND WE’RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, WHICH IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISREPRESENTED. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THAT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ...

“Pathological liar” has become a convenient insult to anyone we love to hate, from corrupt politicians to reality-show “villains.” The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is the latest example, where ...

Momentum Over Milestones: Success is not the destination you applaud at the finish line; it is the courage to stay aboard while the landscape blurs, the turns tighten, and the goalpost keeps moving ...

Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse control, researchers have found. This means practitioners may be able to ...

Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is an extreme resistance to everyday demands, such as getting dressed or brushing the teeth. Researchers often associate PDA with autism, especially in children.

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control, but new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ...

Optimal maintenance therapy strategy for metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Insights from a cohort study in an endemic region. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy in combination with chemotherapy in ...

Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Christina Caron When most people think of ...

Impact of Lauren’s subtype in locally-advanced gastric cancer (LAGC) prognosis: A call for change. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract ...

Everyone lies. Over a one-week span, about 95 percent of people report telling at least one lie. However, some people tell a lot more than one. Some people tell lies with such regularity that ...