Japan has approved two stem cell-based therapies for treating Parkinson's disease and heart failure in a world first, through ...

Professor Gill Livingston, an expert in the psychiatry of older people at University College London (UCL), says shifts in ...

Scientists have spent decades trying to understand exactly how Alzheimer’s begins and why it gets worse over time. A major feature of the disease is the buildup of sticky protein clumps in the brain ...

On Thursday, March 12, Smith College President Sarah Willie-LeBreton welcomed to campus Dr. Frances Jensen ’78—renowned ...

I had so many nightmares about getting kidnapped or running away from a stranger who was trying to attack me,” says Cavallo, ...

A comprehensive new study suggests that females require a much larger biological and cognitive shift to develop autism than males do. The findings help explain why the condition is diagnosed ...

Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.

Autism is a developmental condition that affects how people communicate, learn, and interact with others. It usually appears ...

ADHD often looks like “not trying," but the science tells a different story. Here’s what parents should know about the ADHD ...

Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people around the world. To study this condition, researchers must peer inside the distinctive environment of the human brain. but for scientists to get the ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

At a classroom outside Syracuse, students are doing more than just read about science. They’re actually hearing it. Students at Manlius Pebble Hill School ...