Studying the hormones involved in social bonding in prairie voles could help scientists understand human friendships and romantic bonds.

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In addition to reducing hunger, popular weight-loss drugs also affect reward processing and motivated behaviors.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines post-COVID conditions as a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems people can struggle with four or more weeks after first ...