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Bisexual women are more likely to experience poor mental health and mental distress than lesbians, according to new research published in the Journal of Public Health.

Just looking at somebody shivering is enough to make us feel cold, according to new research at the University of Sussex in the UK.

The sexual stereotype, in line with evolutionary theory, is that women want commitment and men want lots of flings.

The thickness of cortical brain tissue progressively reduces as individuals develop psychosis, according to researchers of a large, multi-site study of young adults at clinical high risk.

Widespread among adolescents, intimate partner violence and sexual violence can place young people on a lifelong trajectory of aggression — either as victims or perpetrators — endangering their…

Women who are told that men desire larger-body women who aren’t model-thin are happier with their weight, according to a series of new studies.

Women aged 60-70 who are satisfied with their lives have a higher bone density and they suffer from osteoporosis less frequently than their unsatisfied peers, according to a recent study completed at…

Investigating how to optimize available CFS treatments, researchers found that many patients fear that exercise will exacerbate rather than improve their fatigue symptoms.

Depression and behavioral changes may occur before memory declines in people who will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research. Researchers have known that many people with Alzheimer’s experience depression, irritability, apathy …

The brains of Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans who survived blasts from improvised explosive devices and died later of other causes show a honeycomb of broken and swollen nerve fibers in critical brain regions, including those that control executiv…