A new study suggests that aspartame consumption may be linked to decreased heart and brain function. The artificial sweetener ...

A stressful year leads to anxiety. Lasting isolation gives way to depression. An old trauma nags until it becomes paralyzing.

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

Language is more strongly controlled by the left half of the brain, while other functions are more strongly controlled by the ...

Research reveals why some people become brain super-agers—and how simple daily habits can help keep your brain strong, sharp, ...

Sleep deprivation effects harm brain health, impairing memory, attention, and emotion. Chronic loss risks neurodegeneration ...

Brain-training games sell themselves as a way to maintain cognitive function, but the evidence isn't there yet. Eva-Katalin/E+ via Getty Images Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65 – more than 4% – ...

Replacing a missing brain lipid may calm overactive blood vessels and restore healthy blood flow—opening a new path toward treating dementia.

Healthy aging induces parallel changes in brain functional activity and structural morphology, yet the interplay between ...

If this presidential cycle has unified us on anything, it might be that cognitive decline is a hard thing to talk about. Both President Biden and former President Trump face plenty of criticism, ...

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...

Instead, the imaging features show relative changes in blood flow, which are used as a proxy for brain activity, and are sometimes described informally as "holes," "dents," or "dings" -- language that ...