A new study finds that brain electrical activity tied to impulsive decision-making — a key contributor to suicide risk — changes after lithium treatment in people who have survived a life-threatening ...

While, historically, men in the United States have tended to drink more than women, that trend has reversed over the last ...

Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford ...

How partners respond to stress may be as important as the stress itself, according to two new Canadian studies of lesbian, ...

Kidney stones are notoriously painful—and frustratingly common, with many people facing repeat episodes. A massive new study ...

Psilocybin is the psychoactive compound that puts the “magic” in magic mushrooms. Ingest enough of a fungus like Psilocybe ...

Human children often copy their friends’ preferences for toys or clothes, while adults are prone to jumping on popular diets ...

Gold digging is often seen as a female behavior focused on exploiting wealthier partners for material gain, but science ...

Adjunctive cannabidiol improved multiple TSC-associated neuropsychiatric symptoms, including irritability, in a phase 3b/4 study described by investigators as the first to assess these outcomes.

A new study shows cocaine contamination in waterways could impact the movement of Atlantic salmon and lead them to swim ...