July 6, 2022 Older people with hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. The risk of developing dementia was even higher for ...
July 6, 2022 New research suggests that many people may indeed reap mental health benefits from working with plants -- even if they've never gardened ...
July 6, 2022 A new study offers evidence that transgender patients who receive gender-affirming facial feminization surgery reported better mental health after their ...
July 6, 2022 The mental health crisis among teens has prompted an urgent quest for preventive interventions. Researchers believe they have one. As the team explains in a recent study, the 30-minute online ...
July 6, 2022 Lack of safety, according to a new theory, may have a direct impact on the health of people in marginalized communities, particularly the LGBTQ community. The theory challenges decades of thinking ...
July 6, 2022 Heart failure patients experiencing grief or in mourning following the loss of a close family member are at an increased risk of death, particularly during the first week following the family ...
July 6, 2022 Researchers have discovered that the hippocampus creates a vector-based representation to support animals to make optimal navigation decisions. The researchers report results which go a long way to ...
July 6, 2022 By increasing sensory input and promoting multisensory processing, virtual reality may increase the effectiveness of traditional cognitive rehabilitation and exercise training in individuals with MS, ...
July 5, 2022 A new study measures changes in the human brain's response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve. The results have implications for ...
July 5, 2022 Scientists have taken a promising step towards a new generation of accurate, affordable and portable devices to detect concussion, epilepsy and ...
July 5, 2022 A new study describes the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection that damages the brain's blood vessels and may lead to short- and long-term neurological symptoms. The study examined ...
July 5, 2022 The gene defect underlying Krabbe disease causes degeneration of neurons directly, independent of its effects on other cell types, according to a new study. The discovery represents a new mechanism ...
July 5, 2022 Scientists have shown how our brain's response to watching emotional and social stimuli in a movie changes between infancy and ...
July 5, 2022 Being able to recognize our own voice is a critical factor for our sense of control over our speech, according to a new study. If people think they hear someone else's voice when they speak, ...
July 5, 2022 More than eight out of 10 British people who are seeking support for having lost a loved one to COVID-19 reported alarming Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms, new research has ...
July 4, 2022 Neuroscientists have gained new insight into how our brain evolved into a language-ready brain. Compared to chimpanzee brains, the pattern of connections of language areas in our brain has expanded ...
July 1, 2022 Scientists have discovered a convergent mechanism that may be responsible for how two top-ranked genetic risk factors for autism spectrum disorder/intellectual disability (ASD/ID) lead to these ...
July 1, 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO) recently listed a new diagnosis for complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Experts have now summarized the symptoms of the long-awaited new diagnosis and ...
July 1, 2022 Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are defined by pathogenic accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. Now, however, scientists have established that the p62 ...
July 1, 2022 Adolescents are over three times more vulnerable to developing a cannabis addiction than adults, but may not be at increased risk of other mental health problems related to the drug, according to a ...