Changes in the brain that signal bipolar disorder are not prominent until young adulthood and are reduced in persons taking mood-stabilizing medications.

A Yale School of Medicine study shows how researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to measure a part of the brain that regulates emotions

Genetic and environmental factors are key in the risk of developing alcoholism, according new findings.

For women, however, childhood stress in general appeared to contribute to alcoholism risk, and women with a nervous, anxious personality were more likely to have an alcohol problem than calmer women, according to the report

The picture of a one-eyed kitten named CY has drawn quite a bit of skepticism when it began circulating the internet, but medical authorities say it is a legitimate, medical condition.

The National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke says Holoprosencephaly causes facial deformities, and in worst case scenarios causes a single eye to appear where the nose should be

Up to fifty percent of children with autism experience persistent gastrointestinal problems, ranging from mild to moderate degrees of inflammation in both the upper and lower intestinal tract.

Richard S. Jackson, MD, Principle Investigator, Pivotal Research Center participating in a new research study focusing on the correlation says, "With autism growing at a rate of 10 to 17 percent per year, we recognize the need to address issues directly affecting these patients

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers believe genetics have a lot to do with the risk of depression in women.

Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and human genetics in VCU's School of Medicine and lead author on the study says, "Our work, together with colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, represents the largest epidemiological study of depression in twins done to date. In addition, it broadly replicates what has been shown by our earlier work using the Virginia Twin Registry. In particular, we have shown that depression is a moderately heritable disorder, suggesting that genetic factors are important, but by no means overwhelming