As more and more weight-loss drug research continues to emerge, learn how GLP-1s appear to affect the brains of adolescent ...

Once those hormones are released, they increase activity in the brainstem region that affects attention, arousal, and ...

Ozempic was supposed to be a gut story. Then Allison Shapiro looked at the brain scans. An assistant professor at the ...

Scientists are exploring how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may not only be a metabolism breakthrough, but could also reshape some ...

A new study suggests that Vitamin D may also have a connection to brain health, long before memory problems appear.

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

Your muscles aren’t just for lifting heavy objects and looking good in photos—they’re actually functioning as a sophisticated chemical factory that produces brain-boosting compounds essential for ...

Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ways to identify children at risk for future ...

An upcoming free lunch and learn program at Lakeview Hospital aims to educate community members about cultivating healthier ...

Brain cells are increasingly being found outside the brain, and now researchers have identified specific neurons in the abdomen that control some aspects of digestion. Not all brain cells are found in ...

Now, modern science is revealing what we’ve long known, in one form or another: that the health of our gut affects much more than just food digestion. Not only is the gastrointestinal system involved ...

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