JetBlue Flight Attendant to Get Psych Checkup
Steven Slater will get a mental health evaluation as part of a plea deal. JetBlue Airways - Mental health - Health - Steven Slater - Flight attendant

Psychedelics Can Ease Anxiety of Cancer
Scientists find psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, can help curb anxiety associated with advanced stage cancer. Cancer - Health - University of California Los Angeles - Anxiety - Conditions and Diseases

What Patients Don't Know About Angioplasty
A group of cardiologists at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts explored the communications gap between doctors and patients by studying how patients with chronic chest pain (angina), which often limits physical activity, perceived the potential benefits of elective angioplasty to open arteries narrowed by cholesterol-filled plaque. Angina pectoris - Health - Angioplasty - Heart disease - Baystate Medical Center

Why Do Men's Brains Decline Sooner?
It's long been established that women tend to outlive men, and many studies show that they are more likely to get Alzheimer's than their male counterparts, but new research shows that they also may preserve mental clarity longer into old age. In a study of elderly Minnesota citizens, men showed signs of cognitive decline more often than women. Research - Minnesota - Health - Mental health - People

Sour Note: Sax Can Cause Lung Disease
European and American researchers find mold and bacteria in lungs of trombone and saxophone players. Trombone - Saxophone - Music - Arts - Winds

Want to Lose Weight? Have Brain Surgery
Can deep brain stimulation surgery help those struggling with morbid obesity to lose weight? Obesity - Health - Surgery - Weight loss - Medicine

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Do 9/11 Families Have Monopoly on Grief?
New York City parks officials won't allow a plaque to commemorate tree that survived terror attacks. Ground zero - New York - United States - Metro Areas - New York City Metro

PHOTOS: X-Rays: Human Voodoo Dolls?
Some doctors are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend by adolescents to mutilate their bodies through self-embedding, which can involve inserting shards of wood, glass or paper clips under their skin. doll - Shopping - Crafts - Toys and Games - Human

Paying More for Less Insurance Coverage?
Workers are paying 14 percent more for their employer-sponsored plans than they did last year as a bigger chunk of healthcare costs shifted from employers to employees, according to a new survey. Health care - Insurance - Business - United States - Kaiser Family Foundation