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Genetic attribution lessened stereotypical judgements of homosexuality, gay marriage.

Reiki was developed in Japan less than a century ago; since then, it has spread across the globe. What does it involve and, more importantly, does it work?

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) impairs insulin signaling in the portion of the brain responsible for regulating metabolism, making a person with AD more likely to develop diabetes, new research suggests.

Researchers have identified a new set of genes that may be responsible for the two most common and disabling neurological conditions, stroke and dementia. The study may help researchers better understand, treat and prevent ischemic and hemorrhagic stro…

While stem cells have shown promise for treating brain regions damaged by cancer radiation treatments, researchers have found that microscopic vesicles isolated from these cells provide similar benefits without some of the risks associated with stem ce…

Based on functional magnetic resonance imaging of a person’s brain when that individual is resting, a new model reported in this study is able to predict how that individual’s brain will look during a range of active tasks.

A new study has explored a more objective system for scoring MRIs — and in the process found that an often unreported abnormality of the brain’s gray matter can indicate future impairment.

Neuroscientists have come up with a way to observe brain activity during natural reading. It’s the first time researchers have been able to study the brain while reading actual texts, instead of individual words, and it’s already helping settle some id…

In most analyses, injectable hydromorphone hydrochloride was not worse than diacetylmorphine hydrochloride (pharmaceutical heroin) to treat long-term severe opioid dependence and that could provide…