Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

Parenting is not the only way moms and dads impact the behavior of their offspring. Genes matter, too. And although most of our genes are inherited in pairs—one copy from each parent—moms and dads ...

The study—conducted by behavioral scientists from universities in the U.S., Australia, and the U.K.—used real-time tracking to measure how often daily actions run on “autopilot.” Participants received ...

Believe it or not, you manipulate people. We all do it: tell a little white lie to make a sibling feel better, dangle the promise of a good time to get a friend to join you for a night out, omit facts ...

A research team has discovered that parasites manipulate their hosts using stolen genes that they likely acquired through a phenomenon called horizontal gene transfer. A team led by Tappei Mishina at ...

Research indicates that external eating behavior is a key predictor of weight loss in type 2 diabetes patients receiving GLP-1 receptor agonists.