The widening of arteries within the brain was associated with both lacunar stroke and cerebral small vessel disease in a new ...

In the aftermath of global health crises, new research has shed light on the troubling neurological effects of severe infections. Groundbreaking studies reveal structural damage within one of the body ...

Why do some premature babies suffer brain damage and others not? A new study led by paediatrician and neonatologist Dr Fleur Camfferman (VUB/UZ Brussel) takes us closer to the answer. By examining not ...

Monoclonal antibodies can block a key immune‑related protein that drives the spread of brain cell damage in Parkinson's ...

Why do some premature babies suffer brain damage and others not? A new study led by pediatrician and neonatologist Dr. Fleur ...

In a world-first, scientists have figured out how to reprogram cells to fight — and potentially reverse — brain diseases like Alzheimer's. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine created ...

When treating brain disease, getting medication to the brain is difficult. But after 15 years of development, a Baltimore company now has a solution. Back in 2010, Dr. Chad Gordon reconstructed skulls ...

DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a disease of the dead. Clinical features suggestive of the ...