
John Fetterman Shows How Well the Brain Recovers after Stroke
Following a stroke, the brain’s own repair processes can lead to a strong recovery in people such as Senate candidate John Fetterman

John Fetterman Shows How Well the Brain Recovers after Stroke
Following a stroke, the brain’s own repair processes can lead to a strong recovery in people such as Senate candidate John Fetterman

A Supersmeller Can Detect the Scent of Parkinson’s, Leading to an Experimental Test for the Illness
This Scottish woman’s hypersensitive nose picked up a chemical signature of Parkinson’s disease that has been used to develop a skin-swab diagnostic


How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain
Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution

Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Mental Decline in Trial—But Is It a Breakthrough?
Researchers are cautiously optimistic following companies’ announcement of positive results for lecanemab

Dementia in Prison Is Turning into an Epidemic: The U.S. Penal System Is Badly Unprepared
Older prisoners will make up a third of the prison population in a decade, and many of them will develop dementia

Voice Training Is a Medical Necessity for Many Transgender People
Multiple strategies—including speech therapy—can help those whose voice and gender identity are not aligned and can improve their quality of life

Why Do Mental Illnesses—from Depression to Schizophrenia—Raise the Risk of Dementia?
A combination of biological and social factors most likely explain the strong connection

Science Finally Has a Good Idea about Why We Stutter
A glitch in speech initiation gives rise to the repetition that characterizes stuttering.

Spinal Stimulation Helps People with Paralysis Walk, Canoe and Stand at a Bar
A new system that targets specific spinal nerves restored motor function quickly in three patients unable to move their legs or trunk

Epstein-Barr Virus Found to Trigger Multiple Sclerosis
The research could mark a turning point in the fight against MS

How COVID Might Sow Chaos in the Brain
SARS-CoV-2 appears to travel widely across the cerebral cortex

Can Intense Exercise Lead to ALS?
New studies show a possible connection. But debate over such an association will continue