UCSF scientists discovered that an overlooked cell type in the brain plays a central role in healing traumatic brain injury.

Joshua Soden, the 29-year-old Ballston Spa man who police say was struck by a drunken driver earlier this month outside Bentley’s Tavern in Malta, was declared brain-dead and will soon be taken off ...

Kerala is confronting a public health challenge with a spike in infections from the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri. Over the past month, 18 deaths have been reported, and at least 67 people ...

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NEW ORLEANS — For years, Medical Watch has covered adults and children with brain injuries, coming to New Orleans from around the world, for a treatment considered controversial. Now, there is another ...

A top State Department official on Thursday warned “foreigners” in the U.S. against praising the death of Charlie Kirk, the conservative influencer who was shot and killed at an event in Utah on ...

Jason Collins, a 13-year NBA veteran and groundbreaking athlete who came out as gay in 2013, is being treated for a brain tumor, his family said. The NBA released a statement by Collins' family on ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A second set of charges has been issued in the deadly Zablan Beach shooting in Nānākuli that occurred in the early morning hours of Sept. 6. The 19-year-old suspect was charged on ...

Habits are behaviors that have been automated, so you barely need to think about them. When it comes to starting a new habit, the prefrontal cortex is the head of the operation. The PFC is the folded ...

Experts say graphic images, nonstop outrage, and the 24/7 negative news cycle don’t just upset us—they alter our stress response and harm mental health. The amygdala, shown in orange, serves as the ...

Claudia Brandenburg, 58, was found dead in bed inside her Prospect Park West apartment, with "markings" on her neck, cops and sources said. Google Maps A graphic designer who taught at two Big Apple ...