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A class of drugs developed to treat immune-related conditions and cancer — including one currently in clinical trials for glioblastoma and other tumors — eliminates neural inflammation associated with dementia-linked diseases and brain injuries, acco…

Waves in your brain make smells stick to your memories and inner maps. Researchers have recently discovered the process behind this phenomenon. The brain, it turns out, connects smells to memories through an associative process where neural networks ar…

A new model of memory that explains how neurons retain select memories a few hours after an event has been uncovered by researchers. This new framework provides a more complete picture of how memory works, which can inform research into disorders liked…

Numerous studies have suggested that using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter can affect mental health and well-being. We look at the evidence.

Shopping behaviour and food habits are closely related – but only a limited number of studies have examined the behaviour and the strategies of children and parents during shopping.

In a UT Dallas study involving serious youth offenders, the answer to one open-ended question predicted the teenagers’ offending patterns for the next seven years: “How long do you think you’ll live?

Research on children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in South Africa may provide insight on how to identify and help children with emotional behavior issues in other areas of the world, which may have limited…

A couple of years ago a University of Washington researcher who studies how children develop social behaviors like kindness and generosity noticed something odd.

1. New delirium severity score helps to predict outcomes for hospitalized patientsA new delirium severity score proves accurate for predicting important clinical outcomes in hospitalized…

A low-cost empowerment program for adolescent girls in Kenyan slums sharply curtails rape and sexual harassment of these girls, who live in an environment where women have low status and are…