Police say Pekin man in March double slaying was bipolar

Brent Sidell had suffered bipolar and manic depressive symptoms and had taken to shooting his handgun at the walls of his house before he killed his wife and himself in March, a coroner's jury heard Tuesday.

Inquest jury rules in murder-suicide

Brent Sidell had suffered bipolar and manic depressive symptoms and had taken to shooting his handgun at and through his house walls before he killed his wife and himself in March, a coroner’s jury heard Tuesday.

The Creating Brain: reaching Xanadu

Is there anything different about the brains of extraordinary creative geniuses like Michelangelo, Coleridge or Mozart? World renowned psychiatrist and doctor of English Renaissance Literature Dr Nancy Andreasen unravels the 'creative brain' and explores how we can foster creativity in ourselves and throughout our society.

The other media story that dwarfs the News fiasco

Quietly this week, while the UK was in uproar about the activities of the last big media company in a dying industry, something of far greater import happened in the world of media and information. Read more on the blog... ... Read more... Read more on the blog...