Nearly 30 years ago, researchers began studying the gene Astn1, which encodes the cell adhesion protein astrotactin 1 in mice ...

The signals that drive many of the brain and body's most essential functions - consciousness, sleep, breathing, heart rate, ...

The defense starts its arguments on Tuesday in the Austin Thompson case. Thompson, now 18, was 15 at the time he opened fire in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood and killed five people.

A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

The brainstem is the body’s signal crossroads, a compact hub where sensory information, motor commands, and vital autonomic functions all pass through the same narrow corridor. For decades, clinicians ...

Over the last few years, and especially throughout 2025, conversations around health have expanded beyond calories, macros, ...

In January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, an international nonmedical spotlight shone on brain health. Is the New Brain Economy the most valuable currency we have?

The World Health Organization in 2023 advised against using nonsugar sweeteners for weight control due to a lack of long-term ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...

A Steinway Spirio player piano can capture every detail of a performance and reproduce it, keystroke for keystroke. In ...

How the human body shuts down after death from the brain to the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and even tissues and why some organs remain viable for donation long after life ends.