New medical insights reveal that ignoring hypertension in your 30s and 40s may lock in a future of dementia, as stiffened ...

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a ...

All day long, our brains carry out complicated and energy-intensive tasks such as remembering, solving problems, and making decisions. To supply the energy these tasks require while conserving this ...

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is meant to protect the brain from noxious agents; however, it also significantly hinders the delivery of therapeutics to the brain. Several strategies have been employed ...

In the short term, high blood sugar can cause neurological symptoms, ranging from lethargy to trouble focusing and altered mental status, sometimes referred to as "brain fog." In the long term, it may ...

The effectiveness of chemotherapy for brain cancer, done with a technique that opens the blood-brain barrier, can be ...

A new Lancet study has sparked a lot of conversation and concern around dementia, one of the most talked-about health issues ...

Protect your cognitive health by cutting the snacks that strain your blood vessels. Experts warn that these everyday staples could be the hidden culprits behind mental decline.

THE HSE have issued an urgent Christmas alert over a “life-threatening condition” that impacts 1 in 4 – here’s the warning ...

A blood biomarker yet to be used in cardiac arrest care can give a clearer picture of the extent of brain damage after a cardiac arrest.

A new study fundamentally challenges how fMRI data are interpreted, finding no valid coupling between oxygen content measured ...

For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet ...