A new study finds that ongoing extreme heat can worsen cognitive decline among vulnerable groups-particularly Black...

People who take acid reflux medications called proton pump inhibitors for four-and-a-half years or more may have a...

Researchers have long thought that rewards like food or money encourage learning in the brain by causing the release of...

In a small, exploratory study, levels of certain types of microbes in babies' guts were shown to be associated with...

Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is...

Exposure to relatively high levels of air pollution is linked to increased use of community mental health services by...

Groundbreaking new research has uncovered a potential route to developing the first ever drug treatments for vascular...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method to find mutations in brain tumors in children. They could...

Treatment with modern antidepressants may help prevent patients with bipolar disorder from relapsing into a depressive...

A recent study lends further weight to the idea that vision problems and dementia are linked. In a sample of nearly...

Alzheimer's disease now accounts for 50% to 70% of dementia patients worldwide. The current study's novel vaccine test...

A new study by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University...