With human trials on the horizon, researchers hope to determine whether a simple change in eating patterns could be the key to boosting sexual desire naturally.

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A new study reveals that intermittent fasting increases sexual activity in male mice by reducing serotonin levels, ...

Serotonin syndrome is a preventable, drug-related complication that results from increased brain-stem serotonin activity, usually precipitated by the use of one or more serotonergic drugs.

The neurotransmitter serotonin plays a key role in regulating mood, appetite, and sleep. Lower levels of serotonin are connected with mood disorders like anxiety and depression. Consequently, many ...

Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2008;1(6):749-757. Current drugs available for the treatment of primary arterial hypertension (PAH) do not markedly improve survival and novel therapeutic strategies are ...

When a person thinks, speaks, eats, walks, or just sits comfortably with all bodily systems functioning normally, the billions of cells that make up the brain and the rest of the nervous system ...

In the first directive since his nomination to secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight.

Depression makes deep inroads on biology to bring about the many symptoms of depression, from sleep disruption and an inability to experience pleasure to lack of motivation and feelings of guilt.

Anxiety and depression affect four and five percent of the global population respectively, representing a major public health burden. Similarly, disorders of the gut–brain interaction (DGBIs), such as ...