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The obesity epidemic has drawn attention to food marketing practices that may increase the likelihood of caloric overconsumption and weight gain.

The cause of the involuntary muscle contractions which patients with severe spinal cord injuries frequently suffer has been discovered through a study on rats. The findings, in the long run, can pave the way for new treatment methods.

Researchers found that individuals with sleep problems had a more rapid decline in brain volume or size over the course of their study than those who slept well.

Pretesting, a new development in learning-science, raises performance on final-exam questions by an average of ten percent.

Tinnitus, migraine, epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s: all these are examples of diseases with neurological causes, the treatment and study of which is more and more frequently being carried out by means of magnetic stimulation of the br…

Administering synthetic marijuana (cannabinoids) soon after a traumatic event can prevent PTSD-like (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms in rats, caused by the trauma and by trauma reminders, scientists report.

Psychological support for heart patients is waning despite nearly half experiencing mental health problems after their heart event.

Women with severe mental illness are up to five times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual assault and two to three times more likely to suffer domestic violence, reveals…

The predictive significance of early childhood behaviours may have been underestimated by up to 50 per cent due to inadequate assessment procedures, a new study suggests.

Researchers who analyzed media coverage of the suicide of a national actress in South Korea and its impact on subsequent suicides found that the number of suicide-related articles surged around 80…