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A team of scientists has discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease — work that opens up a new avenue for research on possible treatments for the degenerative brain condition.

Even patients over the age of 75 may recover from severe traumatic brain injury, suggests new research. This is the first study to describe the results of surgically treated elderly patients with acute subdural hematomas.

Smoking high potency ‘skunk-like’ cannabis can damage a crucial part of the brain responsible for communication between the two brain hemispheres, according to a new study by scientists from King’s…

Cognitive behavioural therapy could help many people with a dental phobia overcome their fear of visiting the dentist and enable them to receive dental treatment without the need to be sedated…

Researchers in Italy, Germany and the United States have identified a regulatory protein crucial for the development of cerebral cavernous malformation — a severe and incurable disease mainly affecting the brain microvasculature. The results show that…

The AMA has welcomed the overall intent of the Government’s new mental health framework, but questions remain over new funding, on-the-ground service delivery, and the ongoing role of the Federal…

Nowadays, much emphasis is placed on sustainability. The degree to which people are willing to donate their own money for this depends on their level of oxytocin.

How does price impact your evaluation of a restaurant meal? Psychologists have long thought that we judge experiences based on their most intense moment (the peak) and the last part of the experience…

Health services in many countries increasingly rely on prescribed ‘psychosocial interventions’: treatments that use counselling techniques to tackle mental health issues, behavioural problems such as…