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Better book a session with your therapist — yet another painful consequence of your parents’ divorce has emerged.

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The early phase of organ differentiation in the first half of pregnancy proved to be a particularly critical period. “Our ...

A paracrine hormone of skeletal muscle acts as an endocrine signal for the synthesis of a sex hormone. Scientists at McGill ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

Maternal stress hormone levels during early pregnancy can have a lasting effect on the stress system of the offspring. The ...

Children undergo extreme stress amid parents' divorce, even making them more susceptible to stroke when they turn adults, as ...