WASHINGTON, D.C.: Left untreated, depression can undermine efforts at rehabilitation and worsen cognitive disabilities.

Depression after a stroke is associated with poorer outcomes a year after the stroke has occurred. It’s also associated with a higher death rate in subsequent years.

Fortunately, antidepressants seem to be Read More »

DALLAS: Nova’s latest documentary premieres this week in the U.S., and it’s a keeper. Called “Memory Hackers,” the one-hour doc chronicles cutting-edge research into the nature of human memory.

The documentary profiles several different research programs in which scientists manipulate, suppress or even implant false Read More »

BOSTON: ‘Mini-brains’, the size of a housefly’s eye, are being produced in batches of over a thousand at a time by researchers. The minute models of the brain – tiny collections of cells that are genetically programd to grow into brain cells – are developed Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Amid gloomy reports of an impending epidemic of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, emerging research offers a promising twist. Recent studies in North America, the U.K. and Europe suggest that dementia risk among seniors in some high-income countries has dropped steadily over the past 25 Read More »