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A recent report concludes that the policy banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. armed forces should be ended, arguing there is “no compelling medical reason for the ban.”

Sibling relationships play a major role in choices children make relating to friends and will affect the type of relationships they create throughout their lives.

A new study looks at how attractiveness, personality, and grooming influence the likelihood that someone will get married.

Mexican-Americans had worse neurologic, functional and cognitive outcomes 90 days after their stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites. Mexican-American stroke survivors had moderate functional disability and nearly one-third had post-stroke dementia.

A new study in animals shows that using a compound to block the body’s immune response greatly reduces disability after a stroke. The study also showed that particular immune cells — CD4+ T-cells produce a mediator, called interleukin (IL) -21 that …

In order to function properly, the human brain requires the ability not only to store but also to forget: Through memory loss, unnecessary information is deleted and the nervous system retains its plasticity. A disruption of this process can lead to se…

Scientists have uncovered how inflammation and lack of oxygen conspire to cause brain damage in conditions such as stroke and Alzheimer’s disease, bringing researchers a step closer to finding potential targets to treat neurodegenerative disorders. Chr…

Metastable dynamics — a subtle blend of integration and segregation in the brain that occurs on multiple levels (cells, brain regions, networks) — underlies the real-time coordination necessary for the brain’s dynamic cognitive, behavioral and soci…

New research shows that a part of the brain called the hippocampus stores memories by their “temporal context” — what happened before, and what came after — and not by content. From brain scans of the hippocampus as the volunteers were answering ques…

Only one third of individuals identified as being at clinical high risk for psychosis actually convert to a psychotic disorder within a three-year follow-up period. This risk assessment is based on the presence of sub-threshold psychotic-like symptoms….