When your brain feels safe, it opens hidden circuits shut down for years
Your brain has been holding out on you. Not out of stubbornness, but out of survival. New neuroscience research confirms…
Eating Ice Cream Regularly Linked to Surprising Health Benefits
Multiple large-scale studies tracking hundreds of thousands of people have repeatedly turned up a result that nutrition scientists did not…
Your Lifestyle Choices Could Halve Your Dementia Risk
Nearly half of all dementia cases worldwide may be linked to lifestyle and health factors that people can actively change,…
Alzheimer’s may be reversed by recharging the brain’s mitochondria
Scientists at Scripps Research have found something that could fundamentally change how we think about Alzheimer's disease. In a study…
Your brain can strengthen muscles without lifting weights
Scientists at the Cleveland Clinic discovered something that should make every gym-skipping, injury-recovering, time-strapped person sit up straight. In a…
New vaccine stops Alzheimer’s proteins from spreading cell to cell
Scientists may have just cracked one of the most stubborn problems in Alzheimer's research. A new experimental vaccine, developed by…
A Cambridge Lab Mistake Reveals a Powerful New Way to Modify Drug Molecules
A failed control experiment at the University of Cambridge has produced one of the most exciting drug development breakthroughs in…
Scientists Discover Hidden Energy Problem in the Depressed Brain
Depression may not simply be a chemical imbalance in the brain. A new study published in Translational Psychiatry by researchers…
Scientists Reverse Key Signs of Gut Aging With Surprising Biological Transfer
Transferring bacteria from young mice into old ones has reversed key signs of intestinal aging, and the implications for human…
New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance
A cancer that has resisted meaningful treatment for more than half a century may finally have a credible scientific path…
