
Important Link between the Brain and Immune System Found
The new line of communication prompts rethinking of neurologic disease
The new line of communication prompts rethinking of neurologic disease
Our preference for positive framing may be hardwired
Instead of remotes or crutches, future mobility aids could communicate directly with the nervous system
Researchers gathered data from various Army databases to analyze nearly 10,000 attempted suicides of active duty personnel. Cynthia Graber reports
Every hour less per night increases the risk of sadness, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts
Brain research reveals that fats and sugars may increasingly be driving people toward obesity
We spend so much time on standardized testing and measuring learning ability that we don’t track how much we’re developing the key competencies that enable us to imagine what could be...
Today would have been my mentor's 80th birthday. Happy Birthday Nick and thanks for showing me that mentors really do matter.
Pharma companies—and maybe, eventually, the Supreme Court—will ensure that it only becomes harder to execute people with drugs in America
Retraining the brain can restore mobility for people with injuries or difficulty moving
A technique for fixing faulty DNA has been shown to improve responses in mice with genetic hearing loss
The terms “psychopath” and “sociopath” often get used interchangeably, but they’re not exactly the same. Regardless of semantics, here’s how to spot the heartless, charming evil of a psychopath or sociopath...
Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013, fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription opiate painkillers
A single mathematical function explains how both a sheet of paper and a developing brain folds
The ethical threat posed by Adderall and other drugs that improve motivation
The health care system needs to be prepared to protect potential VCA donors by optimizing the informed consent process
Declarative memory, rooted in the hippocampus, could help the brain pick up the slack for diverse impairments across many developmental disorders such as autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder...
One woman’s story illustrates how hope, perseverance and innovative engineering can help people with limited mobility get back on their feet
If violent criminal tendencies peak during the teen years and seldom extend to midlife, should we still lock people up and throw away the key?
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Tuesday to make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children for communicable diseases
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