Neurons in the brain communicate with each other through synapses—connection points that allow the passage of electrical and ...

People with poor sleep have brain ages that are an average of 1 year older than their chronological age, a new study has ...

New research from Houston Methodist reveals how obesity may directly drive Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists discovered that ...

Obesity has been linked to diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension for a long time. Excess weight is now linked directly to Alzheimer’s in a new study — with tiny messengers going back ...

Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University Cats may have a reputation for independence, but ...

Pain is not simply “in your head”—and reducing it to a brain-first narrative risks both stigma and substandard care. Real pain often originates in the body, whether from a fractured bone, spinal ...

Don’t sleep on this troubling sign that may increase your risk of dementia. Age, genetics, high blood pressure, unmanaged Type 2 diabetes, smoking and untreated hearing loss are among the major risk ...

When was the last time you had your blood sugar checked? It might be worth looking into, a new study says. Forty-four percent of people age 15 and older living with diabetes are undiagnosed, so they ...

A NEW STUDY REVEALING A STARTLING NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DIABETES WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT. ACCORDING TO DATA PUBLISHED THIS WEEK, OF ALL 830 MILLION PEOPLE AGED 15 AND OLDER WHO HAVE DIABETES ...