THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- In small theater spaces across the United States, people fighting psychiatric illness are learning that acting can be a powerful form of therapy, while the shows they put on help educate audiences through deeply personal accounts of mental health issues.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Severe psoriasis had left Steve Schultz feeling like an outcast. At the coffee shop where he worked, customers wondered aloud if they could catch the condition that caused his skin to redden, flake and itch like mad.

(HealthDay News) -- Migraines are severe headaches that may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and a sensitivity to light and sound.

(HealthDay News) -- "Well-child visits" at regular intervals can help keep your child healthy and spot any potential problems.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Varying the types of skills you work on in practice sessions engages a different part of the brain than the one you use when focusing on a single task, researchers say.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- A new animal study offers the first direct bit of evidence that ozone, a major component of smog, may trigger the death of heart cells.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- While practice helps improve your musical talents, it's working memory capacity that may determine if you become a virtuoso, according to a new study.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Medical journals should include more clinical details in cancer research studies to help doctors better understand and utilize results, according to U.S. researchers.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Caterpillars have a unique "two-body" system of movement that may have implications for robotics and human biomechanics, U.S. researchers say.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- The malicious use of alcohol and medicines is an under-recognized form of child abuse, according to a new report.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- People with extremely low levels of "bad" cholesterol as a result of taking statins don't seem to benefit from increased levels of "good" cholesterol, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of placental separation during labor is three times higher than normal in pregnant women with antibodies that indicate early thyroid disease, a new study has found.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study that looked at the use of nitric oxide in premature infants, researchers found that lung function didn't improve in babies who were not black, although one expert said the treatment may help some infants.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- The more Americans engage in one of their favorite pastimes -- sitting around -- the shorter their average life span, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Cryptococcus gattii -- an airborne fungus that can cause life-threatening illness -- is an emerging infection in the Pacific Northwest, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Depressed people actually 'see' the world around them in shades of gray, at least subconsciously, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are childhood cancer survivors face a greater risk of having a stillborn child if their uterus or ovaries were exposed to radiation during their treatments, a new study finds.