The amount of money the average American family spent on one child’s sports team significantly increased from 2018 to 2024, rising from $693 to $1,016. Project Play, an initiative of the Aspen Institute think tank that collected the data, attributed increasing costs to inflation and to families’ eagerness to participate in sports after the pandemic shutdowns.

Emerging studies show possible links between certain sweeteners — including erythritol — and faster cognitive decline, though scientists caution the research is still early.

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools and businesses across the United States in 2020, Miguel Angelo Castano felt lost. Five years later, Castano graduates today from UNLV with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a minor in philosophy and the honor of being one of the university’s outstanding graduates.

New research sheds light on why some individuals choose to remain in romantic relationships characterized by high levels of conflict. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, suggests that benevolent sexism and anxious attachment styles may lead people to base their self-worth on their relationship status, prompting them to utilize maladaptive strategies to maintain the partnership.

The underlying causes of sexual difficulties may differ between men and women who experience symptoms of eating disorders, according to new research. While depression appears to be the primary driver of sexual challenges among women with these symptoms, eating disorder behaviors themselves play a more direct role for men. These findings were published in the International Journal of Sexual Health.

Researchers at UNLV are trying to determine if a kitchen spice could become a way to treat seizures.

Researchers at UNLV are trying to determine if a kitchen spice could become a way to treat seizures.

With more older adults engaging in sports betting and other types of gambling, here are some warning signs that your gambling habit is turning into a problem.

Certain people who use cannabis tend to drink less alcohol, a new study found.

Within the white, clinical walls of a nondescript UNLV lab, a small team of neuroscientists are working on a project with potentially big implications for children suffering from seizures.

Within the white, clinical walls of a nondescript UNLV lab, a small team of neuroscientists are working on a project with potentially big implications for children suffering from seizures.

Dr. Dustin Hines, professor of neuroscience at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), US, and study co-author Rochelle Hines, professor of psychology, discuss a breakthrough in seizure therapy using compounds derived from caraway seeds. By altering the shape of the seed’s main chemical component, researchers created a new class of THC-free “CBD-like” therapies that showed seizure-reducing effects and promoted healthier brain cell development in preclinical trials, potentially offering safer alternatives to current drug-resistant therapies.