Bipolar Disorder

California's burning season

2013-05-08 00:00:00

This week, on Facebook, someone posted one of those preprinted witticisms that vie with cute kittens for the attention of people sharing stuff: "I don't know where YOU live, but the weather here is somewhere between bipolar and psychotic this year." I...

Catherine Zeta-Jones checks into facility for bipolar II care

2013-04-30 12:35:00

Catherine Zeta-Jones has gone back into treatment for her bipolar II disorder, her rep confimed Monday. "Catherine has proactively checked into a healthcare facility," the actress' rep told the Ministry in a statement. "Previously Catherine has said...

FDA warns pregnant migraine sufferers against anti-seizure drugs

2013-05-06 16:56:00

The Food and Drug Administration is warning physicians that women who suffer migraine headaches and are pregnant or may become pregnant should not use the drugs valproate or valproic acid to prevent the severe headaches, in light of new evidence showing...

Prosecutors drop charges against ricin suspect, filing confirms

2013-04-23 15:37:00

Officials have dropped charges against the Elvis impersonator accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge, according to a court filing Tuesday. Poisoning suspect�Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Miss.,...

Ricin poisoning suspect has been released from jail

2013-04-23 11:26:00

The man accused of trying to poison the president, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge with ricin has been released from jail, the U.S. Marshal's Service said Tuesday. The circumstances behind the release of Paul Kevin Curtis, a 45-year-old part-time...

On TV, a new breed of Modern Woman

2013-04-20 06:30:00

A ruthlessly self-aware political wife reconsidering her choices. A sensual socialite facing down an oppressive age with informed good humor. A group of young women so busy defying social expectations they've forgotten to have any of their own. A...

The Sunday Conversation: Blake Bailey rediscovers 'Lost Weekend' author

2013-04-19 15:15:00

In his new biography, "Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson," Blake Bailey explores the tormented life of the author of "The Lost Weekend" — the once-celebrated 1944 novel that led to the Oscar-winning film...

Ricin suspect believed he was in 'secret war'

2013-04-18 20:21:00

WASHINGTON — In the early-morning hours before he was arrested on suspicion of sending a poison-laced letter to the president of the United States, Paul Kevin Curtis was typing messages on his Facebook profile. Over the previous few days, the 45-...

Classic Hollywood: Vin Scully makes the call on baseball films

2013-04-08 05:00:00

Over the decades, films about legendary baseball players have sometimes knocked it out of the park (1942's "The Pride of the Yankees" about Lou Gehrig) or struck out (1948's "The Babe Ruth Story.") The latest baseball biopic to step up to the plate is...

Demi Lovato tweets picture of herself without makeup

2013-04-04 16:05:00

Demi Lovato tweeted a photo of herself without makeup on Wednesday, urging her almost 13 million followers to do the same. "Ladies, be brave today.. take off your make-up and stop using those filters!! WE are beautiful!!!," she wrote as a caption to the...

The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls

2013-03-10 00:00:00

In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...

Slow response to tainted product

2013-02-21 18:28:00

Sue Grey had used the product before, so she knew what to expect when she purchased a bottle of Super Colon Cleanse at a Woodland Hills CVS drugstore. Inside should have been 240 little gray capsules. But when Grey, 57, opened the sealed bottle at her...

Zeta-Jones Seeks Treatment For Bipolar Disorder

2013-04-30 01:28:00

Traci Rumsey writes in her journal inside her Bangor home on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Rumsey, who has had a difficult time coping with bipolar disorder, shares her insight on the condition in her book. "You don't have to like it."

2013-02-28 00:00:00

Catherine Zeta-Jones has gone back into treatment for her bipolar II disorder, her rep confirmed Monday. "Catherine has proactively checked into a healthcare facility," the actress' rep told the Ministry of Gossip in a statement.

2013-02-24 00:00:00