Lithium is best known as a prescription medication used to treat psychiatric disorders. But you may be surprised to learn that there are natural sources of lithium. Its not an essential nutrient, but ...

Electrification of transportation and the power grid all but require lithium to make batteries—but mining it takes a toll on ...

A recent study from Harvard Medical School asks whether the element lithium might be a key factor in whether someone develops Alzheimer's disease. Led by Dr. Bruce Yankner, professor of genetics and ...

The southern Appalachians hold an estimated 1.43 million metric tons of lithium oxide, concentrated in the Carolinas, and the ...

There’s lots of lithium in northern New England, U.S. Geological Survey saysThe U.S. Geological Survey report estimates 900 ...

According to recent data from the Global Bipolar Cohort, only 29% of people with bipolar disorder are prescribed lithium.

When Lady Gaga recently spoke in an interview about taking lithium while suffering from a “psychotic break”, it drew attention to a drug that has long been used in psychiatry but is less widely ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition estimated to affect between 1% and 3% of people worldwide. Its main symptoms ...

One of the three energy companies with plans to extract lithium from deep beneath the Salton Sea is shifting its focus to generating power for the booming artificial intelligence industry. Late last ...