Ithaca: Looking to lose weight? Think a happy thought before you eat. A new study has found that mood and food do more than just rhyme your mood impacts what kind and how much food you eat.

New York: Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in numerous health conditions in recent years, including depressed mood and major depressive disorder.

New York: Neurologists have long debated how to help prevent certain stroke patients from suffering a second stroke.

Ann Arbor: What makes a person bipolar, prone to manic highs and deep, depressed lows? Why does bipolar disorder run so strongly in families, even though no single gene is to blame?

California: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered impaired neuronal activity in the parts of the brain associated with anticipatory functioning among occasional 18- to 24-year-old users of stimulant drugs, such as cocaine, amphetamines and prescription drugs such as Adderall.

Ann Arbor: Four years after being treated for breast cancer, a quarter of survivors say they are worse off financially, at least partly because of their treatment, according to a new study led by University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.