If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial ...

All three major U.S. stock indexes turned lower during Wednesday morning trading, with one strategist attributing the moves to a typical pattern of selling seen around the holiday season. "Stocks are ...

People with "beer bellies" may have an increased risk of heart damage, raising fresh concerns about the health risks tied to extra weight around the midsection. German researchers found that men with ...

Professor of Paediatric Neurology and Development, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and the Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town Lucinda Tsunga received funding from the ...

Your sleep-deprived brain behaves as if you were about to nod off to sleep, even when you're awake. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Why do you sometimes zone out, losing your concentration and focus in the middle of a working day? Especially if you’re sleep deprived, as so many people often are? Your brain is working to protect ...

Brain's nightly cleaning cycle, crucial for clearing waste like beta-amyloid, falters with sleep loss. This disruption ...

For decades, BMI (body mass index) has been the go-to number doctors use to decide whether someone is underweight, "normal," overweight or obese. But new global research suggests it's possible to have ...

Findings from Mass General Brigham investigators highlight the intricate interplay of diverse physiological processes as the brain shifts from wakefulness to sleep. A new study by investigators from ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by gait disturbance, progressive mental deterioration and urinary incontinence associated with enlargement of the ventricular system and normal ...

The glymphatic system is a brain-wide waste clearance mechanism that mimics lymphatic functions and facilitates the removal of amyloid aggregates. It is supposed to be essential for maintaining ...