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New research has given insight into how oxytocin could be administered in a more targeted and effective way to help treat social problems occurring in a range of psychiatric disorders.

Researchers have discovered that people move their eyes to determine whether they have seen an image before, and that their eye movement patterns could predict mistakes in memory.

Breathing propels everything we do--so its rhythm must be carefully organized by our brain cells, right? A new study suggests that isn't the case.

Prolactin, a neurohormone related to lactation, could be the reason women experience more pain than men, according to researchers.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Wisconsin have demonstrated that using artificial intelligence to analyze CT scans can produce more accurate risk assessment for major cardiovascular events than current, standard methods such as the Framingham risk score (FRS) and body-mass index (BMI).

A new study suggests that bilingualism acts as a cognitive reserve factor against dementia.

Researchers have raised concerns with the performance of some arsenic test kits commonly used in Bangladesh to monitor water contamination.

As COVID-19 reaches more than 60 countries, the World Bank Group is making available an initial package of up to $12 billion in immediate support to assist countries coping with the health and economic impacts of the global outbreak.

A method of testing for prostate cancer developed at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) could lead to more accurate diagnosis and prediction of the course of the disease, according to a new study.

A USC pilot study — the first clinical trial of the drug phenelzine in cancer patients — reported lower prostate-specific antigen levels in more than 50% of the participants.