Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels can damage the body's natural rhythm and disrupt the part of the brain involved ...

Our brain is the command center of the body, responsible for everything from memory and decision making to emotions and movement. Yet many everyday habits quietly damage the brain and its neural ...

Older adults with gum disease are more likely to display signs of white matter damage in the brain, which is correlated with memory decline, balance issues, and higher stroke risk. That is according ...

Older adults with gum disease were more likely to show white matter damage in brain scans, a sign linked to memory and movement problems.

The study found that adults with gum disease were more likely to have white matter hyperintensities—bright spots visible on ...

Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn't only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running U.S. study of older adults has now linked chronic insomnia to changes inside the brain ...

Dolphins exposed to cyanobacterial toxins show Alzheimer’s-like brain damage and disorientation, which may explain mysterious strandings.