The Education Department has proposed new rules to overhaul its program for forgiving student loans for borrowers who become disabled. Under federal law, borrowers who suffer in an accident or become disabled because of a disease are entitled to have their loans...
If you or someone you love suffers from a mood disorder or mental illness, you probably have faced challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Whether filing a claim for Social Security disability benefits or trying to explain symptoms to a friend or loved...
According to a new Canadian study, one in eight people who suffer from fibromyalgia self-medicate with pot and other cannabis products. Some doctors believe that the findings are not unusual: it is not uncommon for patients who suffer from chronic illness for which...
Medical and healthcare professionals agree that the healthcare reform under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is beneficial to those who are mentally ill. Under the new law, millions of people without coverage or inadequate coverage, including those with mental illness...
A federal order requiring that public pools have chair lifts installed for people with disabilities was delayed after a wave of protests. There are 300,000 pool owners at hotels, parks and gyms in California and nationwide that continue to fight the...
In one of the most significant decisions to pass in decades, the Supreme Court approved the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," Congress' first successful attempt at a comprehensive federal law to govern the nation's health care system. While the law has...
Those with serious disabilities often face bureaucratic struggles with their insurance companies, when applying for benefits, and when seeking out assistance from both government and private organizations. In another case that lead to frustration and...
Ketamine is a recreational drug, also a drug commonly used as surgical anesthesia. A new study found that the drug taken by injection also improves moods within minutes for individuals with bipolar disorder. Patients who are diagnosed as bipolar or with depression may...
Many combat veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD, an affliction that can result in mood and personality disorders, sensitivities to sound and light and other reflexes that make day-to-day living stressful and difficult. For healthcare...
For those who are not confronted in their day-to-day lives with disability, there may be many misconceptions. The makers of a new reality show hope to dispel common stereotypes and show a different side of disability. "Push Girls" gives viewers a...
