DALLAS: A healthy brain is powered by trillions of synapses – the dynamic connections where neurons exchange information with one another as we experience the world around us. This process, known as synaptic plasticity, serves as the foundation for learning and memory.

For some time, Read More »

PHILADELPHIA: Medical research can be crucial to finding treatments and cures — but sometimes, finding the right research subject is a major challenge.

But now, new software like Apple’s ResearchKit have allowed potential medical research subjects to participate in studies on the go — making Read More »

CHICAGO: Researchers have visualized the development of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain in living people using positron emission tomography, or PET scans, which they say will aid with its diagnosis and treatment.

Tau and beta-amyloid build-ups in the brain were seen in scans of healthy Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Early diagnosis and treatment is critical for patients with Parkinson’s disease, because once the nervous system disorder starts destroying neurons they are gone forever.

Yet a patient has only a 50 per cent chance of being correctly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease on his or Read More »