Researchers at the University of Ottawa and the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new role for reproductive hormone secretoneurin (SN) and, for the first ...

The heady scent of tea tree is one of the iconic smells of the Australian bush. And the essential oils derived from tea trees have been used as medicines, first by Indigenous people, then by colonists ...

An Austin firefighter who has been fighting both cancer and the legal system just won a major battle. The backstory. For ...

For example, right before females ovulate — when estrogen reaches its peak — they tend to be more physically active. The ...

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Researchers evaluated contraceptive use, gynecologic follow-up, and pregnancy risk awareness among women with various rheumatic conditions.

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he's conducted fieldwork where ...

Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can have the same genetic cause, a discovery that won ...

Cardiovascular conditions are a leading cause of pregnancy-related death for women in the United States. A new National ...

Patients, doctors, advocates and community leaders gathered this week for the Virginia Reproductive and Maternal Health ...

Digestive diseases and treatments may affect sexual function; however, clinicians address these concerns in a minority of patients despite unmet needs.