Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery—there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

Researchers using high-resolution brain scans are finding that when hearing starts to slip, the brain does not simply “turn ...

In A Nutshell Brain scans of 110 adults show that in people with age-related hearing loss, certain brain regions can’t maintain adequate activity levels as tissue shrinks A memory-related region ...

I’ve always believed in being proactive about my health, but like most people, I usually only see a doctor when something feels wrong or if I’m overdue for an annual exam. That changed when I learned ...

Our bodies change as we get older, and one undesirable result is that we become more vulnerable to age-related issues. Particularly, old age is characterized by a significant physical and mental ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early ...

A starry sky can be stunning—even inside a hospital emergency room. But instead of celestial bodies sparkling in the night, doctors in South Korea were gazing at bright brain lesions punctuating a ...