A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham trialed stereotactic (targeted) brain-directed radiation in 100 patients with small cell lung cancer and brain metastases, finding they ...

A new study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that brain imaging could help identify who is most likely to benefit from MDMA as a treatment for trauma-related symptoms. In a randomized clinical ...

Doctors can check circulation in the feet by comparing blood pressure in the toe with that in the arm. The result is known as ...

Replacing defective microglia can halt ALSP—a fatal neurodegenerative disease—in mice and humans, offering hope for broader brain therapies.

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

Researchers have made progress against ‘the skull challenge,’ getting through barriers that prohibit ultrasound from imaging ...

A single, freely available, noninvasive brain scan done in just a few minutes during midlife can predict what chronic ...

Visual auras, like those that occur in migraines, may be signs of small injuries to the brain’s visual cortex, according to a clinical trial at UC San Francisco that tracked the appearance of these ...

Brain tumors pose a serious threat to healthcare, requiring early discovery in order to plan treatments and manage patients. This work presents a novel method for identifying brain cancers in MRI ...

Imagine if a single snapshot of your brain could whisper secrets about your future, how fast you’re aging, what illnesses ...

Scientists from Duke University have created a tool that uses a single brain scan to estimate how quickly your body and mind ...

The team used a special type of brain scan called tau PET, which tracks a protein known as tau that builds up in the brain ...