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Brain Health
Brain Health: refers to the ability to remember, learn, play, concentrate and maintain a clear, active mind... Simply, brain health is all about making the most of your brain and helping reduce some risks to it as you age.
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APR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have identified a unique pattern of immune molecules ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Complex brain disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia, still puzzle scientists because their causes lie hidden in ear ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 31, 2015Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
Brown fat tissue, the body's "good fat," communicates with the brain through sensory nerves, possibly sharing informatio ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Using a novel approach that homes in on rare families severely affected by autism, a Johns Hopkins-led team of researche ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Findings by a research team at the University of California, have brought up a very interesting question: Could a pill m ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Technology
Typing text messages, scrolling web pages, and checking your email on your smartphone could be changing the way your thu ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Cardiology
Having a certain mindset-namely, a heartfelt purpose in life-can help insulate us as we age against the ravages of brain ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 24, 2015Neuroscience
Milk has long been associated with healthy bones, but a new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center might hav ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 23, 2015Technology
Some 2.5 million years ago, early humans survived on a paltry diet of plants. As the human brain expanded, however, it r ...Written By: Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US,
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have identified a unique pattern of immune molecules
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Complex brain disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia, still puzzle scientists because their causes lie hidden in ear
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Brown fat tissue, the body's "good fat," communicates with the brain through sensory nerves, possibly sharing informatio
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Using a novel approach that homes in on rare families severely affected by autism, a Johns Hopkins-led team of researche
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Findings by a research team at the University of California, have brought up a very interesting question: Could a pill m
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 25, 2015
Technology
Typing text messages, scrolling web pages, and checking your email on your smartphone could be changing the way your thu
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Cardiology
Having a certain mindset-namely, a heartfelt purpose in life-can help insulate us as we age against the ravages of brain
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
Milk has long been associated with healthy bones, but a new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center might hav
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 23, 2015
Technology
Some 2.5 million years ago, early humans survived on a paltry diet of plants. As the human brain expanded, however, it r
...
Written By:
Will Hector