Even though there are more nuances to the data on dementia’s prevalence, this doesn’t minimize the desire that people have to ...

If you want to live to a grand old age, it might help to think of yourself not as a human, but rather a holobiont – a collective of human cells plus the trillions of microbes that live in and on you.

For the first time, scientists have discovered that smell and taste are inseparable much earlier in the brain than we thought. New research shows that odors can actually be coded as tastes in the ...

As two more oil refineries prepare to close in California, workers who are laid off face limited job opportunities.

Research points to the potential health repercussions of microplastics. Now, a study seeks to explain how these nanoparticles enter the human brain (of which up to a “spoonful” may be present!) and ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of an image differs from objective reality. This image is seen as a 3D distortion illusion, where the arrangement of the lines in the ...

Playing certain brain-training games may boost production of a neurotransmitter responsible for attention and focus, ...

Aging frightens most people. The ancients personified it as a ghostly figure. The Greeks called him Geras, a bent and ...

Lose your keys or your cell phone again? New research shows a simple combination of two amino acids may actually reverse brain aging. The science is remarkable!

September is Pain Awareness Month, and more than 50-million Americans report living with chronic pain. But could some of it be in your head? Pain can range from mild and annoying to severe and ...

While we've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, scientists have found that, more importantly, it's where you carry it that matters. And it's the deep visceral fat around organs that ...