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The potential of a “synthetic protein mimic” to promote the adhesion of brain cells has been demonstrated in a laboratory setting. This feat could help overcome a major challenge in nerve tissue engineering.

Family support during deployment is an important protective factor against post-deployment suicidal ideation according to a new study. Suicidal ideation includes thoughts that can range from fleeting consideration of suicide to the development of a spe…

Researchers have identified a new host of gene variants that could make people vulnerable to sporadic motor neuron disease, according to a report. Motor neuron disease (MND) is a group of diseases in which the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord c…

A study of brain aging finds that being male was associated with worse memory and lower hippocampal volume in individuals who were cognitively normal at baseline, while the gene APOE ?4, a risk factor for Alzheimer disease, was not, according to a new …

A new systematic review has revealed that a lack of social relationships could result in an increased risk of premature mortality comparable to obesity.

There may be a fundamental bias in the way people prefer to see moving items depicted in pictures according to research.

Depression in dads as well as moms causes anxiety and bad behavior in toddlersA father’s depression during the first years of parenting – as well as a mother’s – can put their toddler at risk of…

Loneliness may be a fundamental part of the human condition, but scientists have only recently begun exploring its causes, consequences, and potential interventions.

New study finds isolation a risk factor for all ages, incomesAsk people what it takes to live a long life, and they’ll say things like exercise, take Omega-3s, and see your doctor regularly.