The Alzheimer’s field is being turned on its head as mounting evidence points to the disease beginning outside the brain many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 3d render illustration of the gut with microbes Researchers connecting pieces of the massive Alzheimer's puzzle are closer to ...

Researchers find that short-term antibiotics can heal traumatic brain injuries by remodeling the gut microbiome and reducing neuroinflammation.

Digestive symptoms often appear years before tremor in Parkinson’s disease, and growing evidence suggests the gut-brain axis may play a critical role in early disease processes and symptom management.

Scientists have discovered a link between bacteria in the mouth and gut and the progression of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease. Specific changes in these bacteria, known as the microbiome, ...

Inflammation is a natural bodily process – but when it becomes chronic, it’s strongly linked with disease. Increasing evidence links inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, to mental health ...

The gut is home to a richly diverse community of microbes and nearly 80 percent of the body’s immune cells. This menagerie of gut-derived cells send signals along a bidirectional cellular highway, ...

Old age, genetics, brain injury, lifestyle factors – these are what come to our mind when we think about the causes of Alzheimer's disease. One important cause behind this disease which often gets ...

"Autism is not a processing error. It's a different operating system." –Sarah Hendrickx According to the National Institute of Mental Health, autism is a ...

Depression does not always reside in the mind, but it can also begin in the gut and here's the impact of digestive health on mood and mental health. TheHealthSite.com ...

Still, human data is more nuanced. “While the evidence that the gut microbiome affects mood is relatively strong, evidence that changing the gut microbiome improves mood is not as strong,” Ziegelstein ...