In 1977, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposed a ban on women of childbearing age being included in early drug trials – even if they used contraception or had vasectomised partners. This ...

A study has upended common beliefs, with implications for women and men of all ages.

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain. Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the ...

Progesterone shapes sleep, mood, and bone health, yet most women don't hear about it until it's gone. The post What Is ...

Female sex hormones can significantly enhance the progression of the rare neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), according to a preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study has found. This stops pain signals before they get to the brain. The discovery could help ...

A 22-year-old Stanford grad raised $11.6M to build a wearable that infers hormone levels from your wrist. Can inference replace a blood test?

Brain cells (magenta) in the reward center of a rat’s brain release dopamine in response to opioids. According to a new study by WashU Medicine researchers, male and female rats with a chronic pain ...

Share on Pinterest A study suggests that sex hormones play an important role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Lorado/Getty Images Approximately 32 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s ...

Most people assume that our genes determine the characteristics that make males and females distinct from each other: sex organs, secondary sex characteristics, personality, behavior, and even ...

While opioids are incredibly powerful pain management tools, they can also be highly addictive. Since 2013, the rate of deaths from an overdose due to synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, has steadily ...