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An analysis of major depressive disorder, covering diagnostic criteria, prevalence statistics across demographics, and ...

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WashU Medicine researchers find stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously ...

A new study from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is changing the way scientists think about compulsive behaviors.

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.