Drug developers are racing to design molecules that coax our cells into burning more energy even when we are sitting still, ...

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.

Researchers have made great strides to understand early signs of autism.Studies have found that certain factors like genetics, sleep deprivation ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of ...

Scientists identify measurable cellular changes that flag higher cancer risk more than a decade before tumors appear. In ...

A high-fat diet may do more than pack on pounds — it could disrupt aspects of gut–brain communication, potentially contributing to issues such as overeating and mood or cognitive changes, according to ...

Mesenchymal drift (MD), the progressive acquisition of mesenchymal traits by epithelial and endothelial cells, has emerged as a unifying mechanism of aging. Transcriptomic analyses across human ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of her child’s brain at age five. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether ...

The Trump administration is proposing to loosen requirements for companies to report on their uses of “forever chemicals.” These chemicals, many of which are toxic, have been used in a wide array of ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A weeklong meditation and healing retreat may do more than just calm the mind — it could rewire it. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that an ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...