Scientists have uncovered a powerful strategy that the brain uses to coordinate chemical signaling. In a new study, ...
Scientists found that protein deposits in the retina create unique light patterns for different brain diseases in humans.
Leigh syndrome is a rare metabolic disorder that begins in childhood and causes severe neurological and muscular problems. The disease has long been considered untreatable. In a pilot study involving ...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have used a form of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze anatomical changes in the brain and predict Alzheimer's disease with nearly 93% accuracy.
Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, ...
Scientists discover that sickle cell disease forces the brain to recruit extra "attention backup" to maintain normal cognitive function.
A paper published in Neurology: Clinical Practice is pressing neurologists to treat spiritual distress as a routine part of brain disease care, not an afterthought. The study, which appeared as an ...
A recent medical report has forced doctors and parents to confront measles’s long-term complications in children again. In February 2026, the New England Journal of Medicine described a 7-year-old boy ...
Headaches linked to brain tumours typically don't respond to painkillers and may intensify in the morning or when straining, coughing or bending forward. Feeling queasy, especially during morning ...
BOSTON (AP) — The degenerative brain disease that has besieged the National Football League for two decades with a billion-dollar lawsuit, congressional hearings, an A-list movie and an unrelenting ...
In 1997, Alan Leshner, then director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, wrote an article entitled “Addiction Is a Brain Disease and It Matters.” That eight-word title became the perfect sound ...
As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.