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A new guideline by the American Academy of Neurology says psychological interventions are possibly effective in helping people achieve freedom from functional seizures. -- Functional seizures, ...

Depression and anxiety may heighten cardiovascular disease risk through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body.

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Recently, a friend of Paige Szuhoza’s had a panic attack – racing heart, shaky, dizzy. Szuhoza, a junior at Ringgold High ...

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