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Music soothes your nerves? Subodh Shrivastava: Music has become inevitable part of our lives. It has been scientifically proved that music soothes nerves. Doctors advice to listen to music to persons who complain of tension. Music relieves a person from tension by easing nerves.

An initiative expanding insurance coverage for a long list of mental health diagnoses is making its way through the Legislature.

Reuters - Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16), which has been linked to cervical cancer, can be detected in human breast milk collected during the early period after a woman delivers her baby, doctors from Finland report.

Occupation: Miss Cass-St. Joseph County. Psychology student at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.

Reuters - Students at high schools that value caring and inclusiveness are significantly less likely to be smokers than their peers at schools placing a heavier emphasis on academics, Scottish researchers report.

Montco Judge Orders Psychiatric Evaluation of Cossey by KYW's Brad Segall A Montgomery County judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for the mother of a Plymouth Township teenager who admitted h...

(ARA) - According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82, 554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on two roll calls and senators’ votes on four roll calls from the week of June 23-27, 2008.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) on Tuesday signed into law a bill that increases the state cigarette tax by $1 per pack, the AP/Boston Globe reports. The increase, which brings the tax to $2.51, took effect immediately. On Monday, the bill was approved by the state House and Senate by votes of 93-52 and 26-9, respectively.

A small but growing number of scientists are once again recruiting patients for studies of controversial drugs

AFP - Scientists have confirmed what many people have known for years -- that drinking red wine leads to a better life, even if that life is not necessarily longer.

From computer science to criminal justice: Which majors pay and which don't.

Definition: Behavior analysis is a school of psychology based upon the foundations and principles of behaviorism. According to division of the of the American Psychological Association (APA) devoted to this...

A left-handed life may instill some necessary qualities of a leader, social scientists say.

Queensland Health says a mentally ill man who escaped from a Brisbane hospital was not a risk to the community. The 20-year-old man, who is accused of a violent crime, was admitted to the Prince Char...

A Dalhousie PhD student in experimental psychology says hands-free cellphones are not safer and may even be more dangerous than hand-held.

Judge Orders Psychiatric Evaluation of Cossey by KYW's Brad Segall A Montgomery County judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for the mother of a Plymouth Township teenager who admitted he was p...

Seeing a psychologist or other mental health professional isn't an unusual thing; in fact it's relatively common. Nearly three in ten U.S. adults (29%) report that they have received treatment or therapy from a psychologist or other mental health professional.