Dec. 2, 2024 — Researchers have linked a specific type of body fat to the abnormal proteins in the brain that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years before the earliest symptoms of ...

“We have to protect the young brains from being bombarded by these viruses of violence; it is very necessary because it is a very impressionable age. You don’t take kids to adult ...

Bleeding in the brain, also called a brain hemorrhage, is a medical emergency caused by the rupture of an artery or vein due to abnormal pressure, trauma, and defect in the blood vessel. A brain bleed ...

Brain atrophy refers to a loss of brain cells, or a loss in the number of connections between brain cells. It can occur as a result of the natural aging process, injury, infection, or certain ...

Cytowic argues in his new book, "Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory Overload" (MIT Press, 2024). In his book, Cytowic discusses how the human brain ...

Alzheimer’s disease may cause degeneration of neurons in the brain through amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, inflammation, and brain atrophy. The condition may affect different parts of ...

But the impacts of the pandemic on young brains went even further than that. As you age, the outer layer of tissue on your brain (called the cerebral cortex) thins out. And researchers at the ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the field of paleoanthropology has shed light on a new human species called Homo juluensis, with distinctively large skulls. Dubbed "Large Head People," this ...

As the size of a person’s belly grows, the memory center of their brain shrinks and beta amyloid and tau may appear — all of this occurring as early as a person’s 40s and 50s, well before ...

Fans of SpongeBob SquarePants know that when the show goes to stop-action animation, they’re in for a special, holiday-themed episode. This year, a new stop-action holiday special is accompanied ...

Cambridge Dictionary named 'manifest' as its word of the year for 2024 Oxford University Press has declared 'brain rot' as the word of the year for 2024, summing up widespread concerns over ...