Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images) Menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years. But the transition affects far more than reproductive health: it ...

You’ve probably visited websites that promote brain games such as sudoku, quizzes, and word problems. Or maybe you love daily crossword puzzles. Brain games such as these are a fun challenge. But the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this Healio video, David G. Standaert, MD, PhD, discusses the David Marsden Presidential Lecture Award ...

Neuroscientists at Columbia and McGill have discovered that high levels of a brain chemical cause depression and suicidal thoughts in people who experienced trauma or adversity during childhood. The ...

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The brain's mechanisms for repairing injuries caused by trauma or degenerative diseases are not yet known in detail. Now, a study from the University of Barcelona describes a new strategy based on ...

UB study combines stem cell-based therapy with a protein that regulates neuronal development to advance new strategies against neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injury. The study is led ...

Maybe it’s time to finally book that dance class or start those art lessons: Your creative hobbies could help keep your brain young, according to new research by an international group of scientists.

We've all experienced defeat at some point – losing a game, a potential new job, a debate. Now, a new study has found that the brain may learn from losing to others, with a specific group of neurons ...