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Skin picking involves consistently picking, pulling, or tearing healthy skin. It is a psychological symptom in many cases. Treatment includes therapy and medication. Learn more here.

Researchers have made it possible to learn how key human brain cells respond to Alzheimer’s, vaulting a major obstacle in the quest to understand and one day vanquish it. By developing a way for human brain immune cells known as microglia to grow and f…

Researchers have identified characteristic changes in the patterns of electrical brain wave activity in motor neurone disease (MND). This ground breaking observation will help to develop treatments for the disease that affects over 350 people in Irelan…

Ketamine has gotten a bad rap as an opioid when there’s plenty of evidence suggesting it isn’t one, experts say. They believe this reputation may hamper patients from getting necessary treatment for the kinds of depression that don’t respond to typical…

The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired. This was shown by neuroscientists using magnetic resonance imaging.

New research finds that dishonest acts impair ‘interpersonal cognition,’ or the empathic ability to accurately tell what another person is feeling.

Working with mouse and human tissue, researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some — but not all — populations of ‘helper’ cells in the brain, called astrocytes, plays a specific role in directing the formation of connections amon…

There are many biological reasons that sex is pleasurable for males and females. In this article, we examine how sex affects both the body and the brain.

A surprising new study finds that the false alarm of a missile strike issued a year ago in Hawaii benefited people with high day-to-day anxiety.

Marijuana can act as a depressant, stimulant, and hallucinogen. Learn more about the effects of each type of drug here. We also cover the risks and side effects.