New research suggests increasing your dietary intake of a certain metal could give your brain a serious boost and might even help fend off cognitive decline as you age. But beware — too much can turn ...

Better assessment of stress and tailored approaches to combat it could give clinicians the tools they need to fend off lasting damage to health ...

Social media platforms are changing brain structure and function in ways that mirror dementia symptoms, research reveals concerning patterns.

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In working through the Winter case files, I often felt pinpricks of déjà vu: an exact turn of phrase, an absurdly specific ...

Sleep is essential for our survival—just like food and water. Yet, almost two out of three people in the US don’t get enough ...

We spoke to the first author of a new study that could challenge much of what we thought we knew about Alzheimer’s disease.

Key TakeawaysPeople’s risk for dementia might be associated with their addressResidents of impoverished neighborhoods are more likely to have higher levels of inflammation and tauToxic tau tangles are ...

Researchers in China have identified key differences in the makeup of earwax in people with Parkinson's disease, suggesting the sticky stuff holds secrets that could flag a person's risk.

As record wildfires erupt across Canada this year, with health-threatening smoke drifting into the U.S. and as far away as ...

As the Trump administration dismantles federal environmental protections and strips the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its capacity to do its job, local governments are emerging as frontline ...

Is summer the time to boost your child's well-being? Some psychology experts would say yes, and here are three ways to get you started.