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Female sex hormones have a strong effect on the psyche. This has been confirmed by numerous scientific studies and by phenomena such as the “baby blues”, a bout of low mood following childbirth, or recurrent mood swings that occur prior to menstruation…

Unless you’re just looking to entertain your fellow online shoppers, you may want to think twice about writing that funny Amazon or Yelp review.

When cells are missing, both males and females are slower to fight.A miniscule cluster of estrogen-producing nerve cells in the mouse brain exerts highly specific effects on aggressive behavior…

People who post positive updates on social media platform Twitter may be at lower risk of heart disease than those who post negative tweets, according to new research.

Visual distortions and hallucinations related to an elevated risk of psychosis are linked to self-destructive thought processes among adolescents with psychological symptoms, tells the recent study…

If you’re trying to lose weight, Weight Watchers might seem like the ideal place to share advice and get support.

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have produced an approach that protects animal models against a type of genetic disruption that causes intellectual…

Video-based therapy administered to 7-10-month-old infants at risk of autism appears to improve their engagement, attention and social behavior, a new study finds.

Teen girls were less likely to report being sexually victimized after learning to assertively resist unwanted sexual overtures and practicing resistance in a realistic virtual environment, finds a…

The female hormones estrogen and estradiol may help ward off the effects of lead exposure for young girls, explaining why boys, are shown to suffer more often from the cognitive disabilities linked to lead.