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Certain type 2 diabetes drugs promote weight loss, but how they do this remains poorly understood. Insight into how these drugs work in the body — and especially the brain — could help create new drugs that effectively control body weight. In an impo…

A new study suggests that more than 50 percent of people are prone to believing that fictitious autobiographical events really happened to them.

Research shows that pets help owners with long-term mental health problems manage their condition. Having a pet brings ‘unique contribution’ to well-being.

What is Diogenes syndrome and who does it affect? Learn about the signs, symptoms, what treatments are available, and tips for caregivers.

You might try to avoid buying your friends and family cliché gifts this Christmas, but new research suggests that might be exactly what they want.

Neurosurgeons have begun using a high-definition imaging device to see inside the brain during surgery, allowing them to map safer pathways to reach and remove tumors. The device, called Brightmatter Guide, works like a GPS, providing real-time, bright…

Dopamine is a chemical in the brain that plays an important role in controlling movement, emotion and cognition. Dopamine dysfunction is believed to be one of the causes of disorders like Schizophrenia, Tourette’s syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactiv…

Bipolar disorder and depression have some similarities, and these similarities can make diagnosis hard. Learn about differences in symptoms and treatment.

Researchers at Lund and Malmö universities in Sweden have measured a biomarker in cell-free blood plasma which can be linked to an overactive stress system in suicidal individuals.