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Health experts say extreme “healthy eating” can threaten health and relationships.

Negative self-talk can sabotage and undermine our efforts in any part of our lives.

British study shows cannabis can be as addictive as heroin or alcohol, and may cause mental health problems and lead to hard drug use.

The science of self-talk shows that the internal sense of oneself is a powerful thing.

The Supreme Court refused to rule on gay marriage cases, clearing the way for such marriages to be legal in additional states.

A fundamental question in neurobiology is how animals, including humans, make decisions. A new study reveals how fruit fly females make a very important decision: to either accept or reject male courtship. This decision appears to be generated by a ver…

Sugar consumption affected memory and was linked to brain inflammation in juvenile rats, researchers report. “The brain is especially vulnerable to dietary influences during critical periods of development, like adolescence,” remarked a corresponding a…

The only drug currently approved for treatment of stroke’s crippling effects shows promise, when administered as a nasal spray, to help heal similar damage in less severe forms of traumatic brain injury. In the first examination of its kind, researcher…

A magnetic resonance imaging technique can detect signs of cognitive decline in the brain even before symptoms appear, according to a new study. The technique has the potential to serve as a biomarker in very early diagnosis of preclinical dementia.

Adolescents with cerebral palsy face multiple challenges, but they rate their quality of life (QoL) on a par with their able-bodied peers, according to new research reporting on how adolescents with cerebral palsy from nine European regions feel about …