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Taking part in a hot chili pepper eating contest might have some unexpected consequences, highlight doctors in a recent case study.

A study has established a link between inflammation in pregnant women and the way the newborn brain is organized into networks. The results may provide promising avenues to explore treatments with potential to change these negative impacts on newborn b…

More than 70 years since the end of World War II, there are still signs of intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma that are manifested in the way adult offspring of Holocaust survivors care for their elderly parents.

Psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists show that bilinguals who are highly proficient in their second language, such as international students who have come to the United States to pursue higher education, can not only overcome the difficulty that…

Could meditation be a useful tool in the fight against cognitive decline? This week, the first study to investigate its long-term impact is released.

A new study shows that levels of the stress hormone cortisol plummet in people who take a break from using the popular social network.

A new study demonstrates that people who lose 75 percent of their wealth in 2 years have a higher risk of death over the following decades.

Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people.

Researchers have discovered how two brain regions work together to maintain attention, and how discordance between the regions could lead to attention deficit disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression.

Conflict, a death in the family, financial hardship and serious medical crises are all associated with accelerated physical aging. In a new study, researchers found that such negative fateful life events — or FLEs — appear to also specifically accele…