For years, doctors have warned that carrying excess weight is bad for the heart and blood vessels. Now, a major body of ...

Stanford mechanical engineer Renee Zhao is developing new devices to treat disease – like a tiny robot that can travel through the vascular system to shrink blood clots in the brain. Stanford ...

Excess body weight appears to be a direct cause of vascular dementia, with the damage largely driven by high blood pressure.

A harmful form of the tau protein, which builds up in Alzheimer's disease and similar brain disorders, can directly damage blood vessels in the brain, according to a new study by researchers at the ...

Reduced blood flow to the brain is thought to be a key factor in many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, and ...

An international consortium of researchers led by University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto and University of Zurich have built the first-ever molecular atlas of the human brain vasculature at single ...

Scientists from Gladstone Institutes say it’s time to think differently about how to define and treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis. SAN FRANCISCO—The question of what causes ...

ALBANY, Ga., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Peanut Institute is sharing a recent study from the Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) at Maastricht University ...

You’ve heard of “brain foods”, right? Foods that feed the brain to help you remember things or think clearer. But what about ...

As an extension of the central nervous system, the eyes share an anatomical connection with the brain that is key to an animal’s ability to see. Besides the visual connection, both the brain and the ...