A recent study into a particularly deadly brain disease now shows that doctors may be able to detect its presence just by looking at a person’s eyes. Even scarier, the eyes of an infected ...

The eyes are more than a window to the soul — they’re also a reflection of a person’s cognitive health. “The eye is the window into the brain,” said ophthalmologist Dr. Christine Greer ...

Heterogeneous patterns of brain atrophy in schizophrenia localize to a common brain network. Nature Mental Health , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s44220-024-00348-5 Cite This Page : ...

The research examined data from 90 studies involving atrophy in schizophrenia. The dataset included 1,636 patients with recently diagnosed schizophrenia, 2,120 individuals with chronic disease and ...

If you look into the eyes of someone who is frightened, your brain will pick up on the fear in a split second, well before you can consciously put a name to the emotion, scientists say. Why such a ...

Brain imaging of pathological tau-protein "tangles" reliably predicts the location of future brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients a year or more in advance, according to a new study by scientists at ...

In addition to brain atrophy, prolonged sitting may increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. A Cooper Clinic study tracked 7,700 men and found that 23 or more hours of sedentary ...

Nearly 10% of people live with chronic kidney disease—in other words, their kidneys can't adequately filter waste from their blood. Now a Canadian study links that malfunction to impaired ...

Rates of ganglion cell + inner plexiform layer (GCIP) atrophy mirrors that of whole brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis (MS), as measured by optimal coherence tomography (OCT) ...

In addition to brain atrophy, prolonged sitting may increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. ... Also, look at your work routine to see how you can break up sitting.