They removed a slaughterhouse pig’s brain from its head and deprived it of oxygen at room temperature for four hours. Then, ...

Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia — it causes memory loss, confusion, thinking problems and behavioral changes.

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Unlike subcutaneous fat that lies just beneath our skin, visceral fat accumulates around our internal abdominal organs, ...

New research shows that not all brain cells age equally, with certain cells, such as those in the hypothalamus, experiencing ...

We all react to environmental cues that tell us it’s time to eat, like the scent of fries wafting through the air. These cues stimulate your brain’s mesolimbic reward pathway. You crave food, seek it, ...

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Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ...

Regular aerobic exercise can reduce Alzheimer's disease markers by protecting brain cells and restoring balance in the aging ...

A new study has uncovered a surprising link between Alzheimer’s disease and Herpes Simplex Virus-1 (HSV-1). Researchers found ...