Guardian of Health” initiative brings the healing power of piano performance to patients, visitors and healthcare workers ...

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Later, they showed them photos of birds — some from the original task, some new — and found that those who grouped the birds ...

Engaging in mentally stimulating activities throughout life can build cognitive reserve, potentially delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms by nearly six years.

If you've ever considered practicing meditation, you might believe you should relax, breathe, and empty your mind of distracting thoughts. Novices tend to think of meditation as the brain at rest, but ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) saves lives by treating cancer that has spread to the brain, but it also causes long-standing brain damage. Many patients who go through radiation treatment later ...

Playing games to train your brain into a better memory may not be just the stuff of bad app-store advertising, according to a new study two decades in the making. Research published in the journal ...

The effects of long COVID rage on. Over 20 million Americans are believed to have the debilitating post-infection condition, suffering symptoms such as severe fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, ...

Drinking a few cups of caffeinated coffee or tea every day may help in a small way to preserve brain power and prevent dementia, researchers reported on Monday. People with the highest daily intake of ...

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Feb 9 (Reuters) - Drinking a few cups of caffeinated coffee or tea every day may help in a small way to preserve brain power and prevent dementia, researchers reported on Monday. People with the ...