What happens to the brain in those moments between life and death – like immediately after a cardiac arrest? While various movies...
A mother now has to take care of both her newborn and her husband after energy drinks reportedly caused a severe medical...
Zika – the mosquito-borne virus that caused worldwide pandemonium in 2016 – has a surprising, unexpected use as a potential treatment for...
Doing the tango or breakdancing could help keep the brain healthy and prevent cognitive decline in older adults, a study suggests. There...
Two-year-old Eden Carlson’s brain was damaged after she fell into the family swimming pool in 2016. But doctors have managed to reverse...
There is no lack of studies pointing to the detrimental effects of alcohol consumption. New research adds more weight, saying that even...
Not getting enough sleep may burn out the brain and increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, a new study says. An Italian...
A report issued by the Government Accountability Office states that the majority of soldiers discharged from the military for misconduct from 2011...
Sending small bursts of electricity to the brain in order to help with memory retention has already been previously dissected, and a...
For decades, scientists have struggled to find a concrete way to deal with neurodegenerative brain diseases, such as dementia. Now, two drugs...
People’s personalities may have something to do with the difference in thickness and volume of various parts of the brain, according to...
An article from KTLA reports pregnancy alters the size and structure of brain regions involved in understanding the thoughts, feelings, beliefs and...
Monkeys have the necessary anatomy to produce the sounds of human speech, but lack the brain connections that humans use to make...
Researchers have found a way to let a patient with late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) communicate using brain...
Highly stressful situations affect the brains of young girls and boys in different ways, research from Stanford University School of Medicine suggests....
Paleontology has chalked up another first: a fossilized dinosaur brain found in 2004 has been confirmed as legitimate. Jamie Hiscock, an amateur...
Scientists may have found the area of the brain that lights up when the placebo effect happens. The finding could help improve...
Researchers have successfully found a way to restore a paralyzed man’s sense of touch using robotics, in an unprecedented study. Nathan Copeland,...
How wide a person yawns is an indication of how big a person’s brain is, scientists report. People who have larger brains...
If you want to get smarter, software companies and app developers promise that it’s easy. Just install their brain training games and...