Cortisol helps regulate stress and brain function, but chronically high levels can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, and depression. Low cortisol can cause fatigue, memory issues, ...

As Veterans Day draws focus on the mental health challenges faced by those who served, one Marine-turned-psychologist says new brain technology could change how veterans — and their doctors — ...

Breathing is powerful — it can help fight off stress. Host Cristina Quinn sits down with Washington Post Brain Matters columnist Richard Sima and UCLA neuroscientist and psychiatrist Helen Lavretsky ...

Scientists applied ChatGPT architecture to an AI model, allowing it to recognize about 1,300 previously unknown brain regions, and greatly expanding the current brain map. This precise representation ...

Parts of the brain are "rewired" when people learn computer programming, according to new research. Scientists watched university students’ brains as they learned to code. The team used functional ...

Kim Kardashian has opened up about being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm—swelling in a blood vessel in your brain—in the new season of The Kardashians, which premiered yesterday. A teaser for an ...

Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images) Menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years. But the transition affects far more than reproductive health: it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this Healio video, David G. Standaert, MD, PhD, discusses the David Marsden Presidential Lecture Award ...

Britney Spears is once again peeling back the curtain on one of the most painful chapters of her life. In her post shared on Sunday, October 19, Spears paired a photo of herself on horseback with a ...

Childhood should feel safe. It should mean laughter, comfort, and trust. But for many, those years carry fear instead. Abuse and neglect don’t just bruise emotions. They shape how the brain and body ...

Researchers have synthesized enhanced vitamin K analogues that outperform natural vitamin K in promoting neuron growth. The new compounds, which combine vitamin K with retinoic acid, activate the ...