From the University of Cambridge media release: A study published today has confirmed a link between antipsychotic medication and a slight, but measureable, decrease in brain volume in patients with schizophrenia. For the first time,…
From the Tel Aviv University media release: Prof. Rivka Inzelberg of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Sagol Neuroscience Center at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, documented the exceptional creativity of Parkinson’s…
From the University of Oxford media release: Taking B vitamins doesn’t slow mental decline as we age, nor is it likely to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, conclude Oxford University researchers who have assembled all the best…
From the University of Illinois media release: Patients with persistent ringing in the ears — a condition known as tinnitus — process emotions differently in the brain from those with normal hearing, researchers report in…
From the Yale University media release: Twenty years after the hormone leptin was found to regulate metabolism, appetite, and weight through brain cells called neurons, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the hormone…
From the Wiley media release: New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology…
From the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) media release: New genomic research led by UC San Francisco (UCSF) scientists reveals that two common gene variants that lead to longer telomeres, the caps on chromosome…
From the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging media release: Many people develop depression in the latest stages of life, but until now doctors had no idea that it could point to a build…
From the Princeton University media release: You only live once. Carpe diem. You can’t take it with you. As often as we hear these clichés, they might include some real economic wisdom for some, according…
Should advance directives enable people with dementia to refuse food and water as a means of hastening their death? Commentaries and a case study examine potential benefits and harms From the Hastings Center media release:…