Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, ...

Another pathway under investigation involves the particles acting as carriers for environmental toxins or microbes. Because plastics attract pollutants from surrounding environments, microplastics ...

"Our findings indicate that fixing brain drainage following head trauma can provide a much-needed strategy to limit the development of Alzheimer's disease later in life," said Lukens, part of UVA's ...

We know that football players and boxers have brain damage from repeated blows. Now brain research reveals chronic job stress causes brain damage and tips to protect it.

A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution brain imaging system that can reconstruct microscopic brain structures that ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years. Though ...

Millions of Americans battle chronic anxiety — but new research claiming a missing brain nutrient may be partly to blame is already drawing skepticism from experts who say the findings are far from ...

Rare disease day is observed annually on the last day of February to spread awareness on certain conditions that can impact on patients lives.

Some serious brain disorders begin with symptoms that are easy to misinterpret. A person may become confused, forgetful or paranoid and be treated for mental illness before doctors realize the ...

Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...