Bipolar, Croc-sportin' Moms-to-be

• Women who have a rough time quitting smoking when pregnant are more likely to have mental disorders, especially depression and panic disorder, an NIH study finds.

• Fashion trends, baby names and dog breeds gain and lose favor at a predictable, steady rate, and become popular thanks to a small minority of innovators—often celebrities-- whom everybody else copies, a study from the UK’s Durham University finds.

• Bipolar folks on meds get well faster and stay well if they get intensive psychotherapy, the NIH says. Family-focused, cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapies all work equally well.