A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many ...

While chemotherapy can be lifesaving, it also damages DNA and leads to cognitive issues known as "chemo brain." These effects resemble the memory and learning problems seen in older adults, prompting ...

When treatments such as medication and therapy aren’t able to relieve the symptoms of depression or another mental health condition, there are other options available. A psychiatrist might suggest ...

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects. Their work suggests a new target ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right ...

Neuroscientists and philosophers have debated this thought experiment for decades as they have tried to understand how the ...

Daiza Gordon watched her two younger brothers die when they were adolescents. They had Hunter syndrome, a rare, incurable disease — predominantly affecting boys — in which a gene for an important ...

FDA approves first brain stimulation device for home depression treatment. Flow Neuroscience's FL-100 headset uses electrical ...

A groundbreaking cancer treatment, known as CAR-T cell therapy, which has been celebrated for its transformative impact on how we treat aggressive cancers, is now coming under critical examination.

LOS ANGELES - Doctors and scientists are finding devastating side effects in COVID-19 survivors even after they have recovered from the virus. Elisa Wishan tested positive for COVID-19 on March 26 and ...

New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

Hysell V Oviedo receives funding from NIH. Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel channels – linguistic, emotional and musical – and acts as a biological ...