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This is one of a series of articles in which reporters from WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk answer questions about vaccines and COVID-19 submitted by you, our audience. Millions of people in the United ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD's Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. While many of us have heard of or ...

Despite a few similar symptoms, bipolar disorder is not a type of personality disorder. However, it may be misdiagnosed as one, or you can have both. Bipolar disorder is considered a type of mood ...

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia overlap in some ways. For instance, both can lead to psychosis, a state of mind causing a detachment from reality. Although they have some similarities, they’re very ...

Disruptions to your routine during travel can trigger mood episodes when you have bipolar disorder. Find out what experts ...

Bipolar Disorder Can Increase The Risk Of Parkinson's, Says Study; Know Symptoms And Treatment. Bipolar disorder causes major fluctuations in the mood of the patient. A recent stu ...

While they share similar depressive and cognitive symptoms, the biological underpinnings of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder are distinct. A novel study appearing in Biological ...

Adults with vs. without pulmonary arterial hypertension had a significantly heightened risk for developing a new mental ...

Autoimmune diseases, especially in women, are associated with nearly a two-fold increased risk for affective disorders, new research showed. An analysis of 1.5 million adults showed that the lifetime ...

Our connections with others are vital for our flourishing. In fact, according to the Harvard Grant Study, the longest-running study on adult development, our relationships may be the single most ...

How would you define learning? When we learn something, there is a relatively permanent change in our behavior that comes about because of our experiences with the world around us. Learning allows us ...