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(Society for Endocrinology) Increased activity of the hormone, kisspeptin, enhances sexual attraction and decreases anxiety in male mice, according to new research presented today at the Society for Endocrinology annual ...

Using a molecular method likely to become widely adopted by the field, researchers have discovered brain circuitry essential for alertness, or vigilance -- and for brain states more generally. Strikingly, the same cell t...

Crops grown in electricity-generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those raised in conventional ones, signaling the promise of this 'smart' technology.

Anabolic androgenic steroids may be associated with early coronary artery disease, according to new research.

TRANSPORTATION Who’s Ready to Put Their Kid on a Self-Driving School Bus? Aarian Marshall | Wired "The designers know the concept is provocative, but they think it points to a bigger truth: You'll know autonomous vehic...

(American College of Rheumatology) Opioids and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a widely used group of antidepressants, are both associated with higher risk of osteoporotic fractures for patients with rheumatoid ...

(American College of Rheumatology) Rheumatoid arthritis patients in remission may experience more successful tapering of their biologic drugs if they meet a certain set of factors, including younger age, no concomitant s...

(American College of Rheumatology) Using a biologic therapy to manage rheumatoid arthritis may not significantly increase an infant's risk for developing opportunistic infections like pneumonia, meningitis, and tuberculo...

(American College of Rheumatology) Treatment with biologics does not increase the risk of a second malignancy in rheumatoid arthritis patients who have a history of cancer, according to new research findings presented th...