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Alzheimer’s May Be Treatable by 2025

Why Obama's "War on Alzheimer's" may pay off

Buzz Kill: Self-Dissolving Tinnitus Treatment Gives New Hope

The Pentagon searches for technology to treat tinnitus, characterized by a persistent ringing in the ears and suffered by one in 10 U.S. adults and 40 percent of all veterans

The Ballooning Brain: Defective Genes May Explain Uncontrolled Brain Growth in Autism

Autistic children's brains may grow too big, too soon. A new study links this unusual growth to abnormal gene activity that fails to prune unnecessary neural connections

Mind Wandering Is Linked to Your Working Memory

A new study has found a strong correlation between how much your mind wanders and your working memory capacity. Christie Nicholson reports

How Packaged Food Makes Girls Hyper

A chemical found in many plastics affects brain development in the womb

Search for Faster, Better Antidepressants Makes Progress

Existing antidepressants leave a lot to be desired. They can take weeks to start working, and they fail many people. Researchers are scouting for better options

Your Sexual Brain

The Evolution of Sex, Sexual Circuitry, Relationships & Sex Crimes

Teen Brain Takes Biggest Sports Hits

The teen brain suffers more long-term damage from concussions than does the child or adult brain. Katherine Harmon reports

Does Overeating Cause Memory Impairment as We Age?

Researchers are in the early stages of linking caloric intake to mild cognitive impairment, the stage between normal age-related memory loss and early Alzheimer's disease

The Neglect of Mental Illness Exacts a Huge Toll, Human and Economic

By letting mental afflictions go untreated, we consign millions of Americans to misery and put a drag on our economy

Autism Signs Appear in Brains of 6-Month-Old Infants

The findings suggest that there is a potential to disrupt autism during a child's first year before the disorder becomes entrenched

Microchip Implant Gives Medication On Command

A tiny chip implanted under the skin can dole out dozens of doses of osteoporosis medication right on schedule

Cool Aid: Drug That Lets Body Temperature Drop Could Save Stroke Victims

An experimental pharmaceutical might one day circumvent the body's cold-defense mechanisms to protect tissue following stroke, heart attack and problems at birth

March 2012 Briefing Memo

Brain Changes Decades before Dementia Sets In

Chemical changes in the brain predate Alzheimer's by decades in some patients

Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms Reversed in Mice

A cancer drug given to mice eliminates brain-damaging proteins, leading to improved cognition within days, but will it work in humans?

Sight Seen: Gene Therapy Restores Vision in Both Eyes

Two doses of gene therapy restore vision to three women who were born nearly blind

Eyewire

Help scientists help make discoveries about the neural structure of the retina

Cracks in the Plaques: Mysteries of Alzheimer's Slowly Yielding to New Research

Science is bringing some understanding of the heritability, prevalence and inner workings of one of the most devastating diseases

More Than One Blow for a Concussion in Football

A recent study shows that it's multiple blows to the head that lead to a concussion in football. Christie Nicholson reports