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Alzheimer’s Advance: Gene Could Help to Clear Brain Plaques Responsible for the Disease
Mapping out how an Alzheimer’s gene works could lead to new treatments
Your Brain on Math
Among the 100 million or so nerve cells in the brain, it turns out there are a group dedicated to making sense of numbers. No one is born knowing their “1, 2...
How Exercise Can Moderate Brain Damage Caused By Drinking
Aging and drinking result in similar changes in the brain, and if aerobic exercise can alleviate the age-based damage, could it do the same for alcohol-related...
Brain Exercises Better than Drugs in Preventing Cognitive Decline
With an aging population, rates of dementia will only climb, yet doctors have few effective strategies for addressing the worst symptoms. Mild cognitive...
Obama Unveils Details of New Human Brain Mapping Initiative
First the genome, now the brain. On Tuesday, President Obama provided more information about his plan to invest $100 million in 2014 to map the human brain. The...
Photo Essays
LIFE Behind the Picture: Children at a Puppet Theater, Paris, 1963
Forget the fabled rudeness of the Parisians. Forget the crowds of tourists who flock to the City of Light in the summer, making the city’s winding streets,...
The Day Einstein Died: A Photographer’s Story
Albert Einstein, whose theories exploded and reshaped our ideas of how the universe works, died on April 18, 1955, of heart failure. He was 76. His funeral and...
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FDA Warns Pregnant Women Of Migraine Medication Risks
U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children’s...
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Study to understand teenage brain
Researchers in Cambridge have begun a study to understand the adolescent brain ...
Watch: Derek Boogaard's Family Sues NHL for Wrongful Death
Family of former New York Rangers player blames NHL for his brain damage, prescription drug abuse. ...
Man Confuses Brain Leak With Allergies
Patients thought they had allergies. New techniques allowed their doctors to go through the noses to seal up cerebrospinal fluid leak. ...
911 Worker Blames Tumor for Mistake
A 911 dispatcher in Miami Beach, Fla., who let 14 minutes go by before sending help to a dying man, says he made the mistake because he has a brain tumor. Now, he could lose...
