The essence of who you are begins in the brain. Together with the spinal cord and miles of nerves, the central nervous system directs our every thought, sensation and action. Get connected and learn about amazing advances in neurosciences.
Researchers discovered the brain makes fructose, which is linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes.
By developing a baseline of health readings, wearable sensors can detect deviations to indicate sickness or infection, study finds.
Adult coloring has become a popular rehabilitation and meditation tool, with more than 12 million coloring books sold each year.
Older stroke victims with anemia are up to twice as likely to die within a year, compared to non-anemic patients, study finds.
Prescription doses can treat chronic pain, muscle spasms and nausea—but there are still downsides to the drug.
In patients 65 and older, use of opioids, antidepressants, tranquilizers and antipsychotics more than doubled from 2004 to 2013.
After a battle with Guillain-Barré syndrome, Heidi Roine is learning to move again. And live again.
'Misophonia' is a disorder that can make a person's brain go into overdrive.
Camping and exposure to natural light helps prime your body for an earlier bedtime.
Patients who took NSAIDs were also 2.5 times more likely to suffer gastrointestinal side effects.
Being sedentary may make you as vulnerable as those whose genes put them at risk for Alzheimer's.
