Articles Tagged with “BRAIN”

More research into coordination disorders shows why some children are more prone to trip, fumble and spill the milk.

A calmer brain can lead to a healthier body. Researchers are beginning to pinpoint just where those benefits are coming from.

Character traits can influence heart health, cognitive decline and other health factors. Are people prisoners of their dispositions?

An unusual syndrome connects grief and stress to cardiac damage. Discoveries about its physiology reveal a complex connection to the brain.

Near-death experiences have been the domain of pseudoscience. But clinicians ignore them at their peril.

How does the brain remember? As memory disorders become more common, the research race is on to determine how the process works, what can go wrong and how worn memories can be made whole again.

One way to get drugs through the blood-brain barrier: smuggle them across using sound waves.

Could Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder, have its origin somewhere else? A controversial theory is gaining ground.

People with drug addictions produce more of a certain brain chemical—and research may point to new ways to block it.

Researchers are untangling how animals can live in the Arctic and Antarctic cold. The applications for human medicine could be vast.