Do hormonal contraceptives increase depression risk? A neuroscientist explains how they affect your mood, for better or worse
More than 85% of women – and more than 300 million people worldwide at any given time – use hormonal…
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Beyond PMS: A Poorly Understood Disorder Means Periods of Despair for Some Women
For the most part, Cori Lint was happy. She worked days as a software engineer and nights as a part-time…
Raw milk health risks significantly outweigh any potential benefits − food scientists and nutritionists explain why
Despite an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, the popularity of raw milk has only risen. Advocates claim…
Toxoplasma is a common parasite that causes birth defects – but the US doesn’t screen for it during pregnancy
“In countries that perform prenatal screening for toxoplasmosis, the severity of congenital toxoplasmosis is far less than what is routinely observed in the U.S.”
New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse
As opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. rose dramatically from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey,…