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Mothers' Behavior Influences Bonding Hormone Oxytocin in Babies

October 18, 2019

Findings of a recent study highlight the importance of parenting in promoting cross-generational health

Scientists Find Gender-Distinct Circuit for Depression

October 15, 2019

Michigan State University researchers have found and flipped a switch in the brain, revealing a single circuit in mice that a...

Scientists Find Clue to 'Maternal Instinct'

July 26, 2019

New research has discovered a group of cells that are activated by oxytocin in one area of female mouse brains that are not p...

How Procrastinators and Doers Differ Genetically

July 12, 2019

Women with poorer action control had a genetic predisposition toward higher dopamine levels, however, researchers were unable...

Simple Test Can Tell If You're Stressed Out

May 28, 2019

University of Cincinnati engineers are developing a home-testing kit that can measure stress hormones in sweat, blood, urine,...

The Importance of Puberty: A Call for Better Research Models

March 15, 2019

What happens in puberty affects health and wellbeing across the lifespan

Hormone Made Our Ancestors Warm-Blooded but Left Us Susceptible to Heart Damage

March 11, 2019

At first glance, there’s no obvious connection between a mammal’s ability to regulate its body temperature and it...

What You Eat Could Impact Your Brain and Memory

January 29, 2019

You may be familiar with the saying, “You are what you eat,” but did you know the food you eat could impact your ...

Beware of Evening Stress

November 29, 2018

Stressful events in the evening release less of the body’s stress hormones than those that happen in the morning

Shorter Sleep Can Lead to Dehydration

November 6, 2018

Researchers looked at how sleep affected hydration status and risk of dehydration in US and Chinese adults

Stress Can Impair Memory, Reduce Brain Size in Middle Age

October 25, 2018

Memory loss and brain shrinkage were found in the study's middle-age participants before the onset of any symptoms

Newer Contraceptive Pills Linked to Reduced Ovarian Cancer Risk in Young Women

September 28, 2018

Findings suggest long-lasting protection and provide reassurance for women

Male Contraceptive Compound Stops Sperm without Affecting Hormones

April 20, 2018

In preclinical tests, researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and Oregon Health and Sciences University showed how a new compound ca...

Dimethandrolone Undecanoate Shows Promise as a Male Birth Control Pill

March 20, 2018

At the highest dose of DMAU tested, 400 mg, subjects showed “marked suppression” of levels of their testosterone ...

Babies Fed Soy-Based Formula Have Changes in Reproductive System Tissues

March 13, 2018

CHOP co-author of NIH-led study: Subtle estrogen-like responses in infants point to need for longer-term follow-up of effects...

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