New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...

Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease rarely strike the same person, a pattern that has puzzled clinicians for years. Instead of ...

Abnormal clumps of proteins like α-synuclein, amyloid beta and tau are associated with neurodegenerative conditions like ...

Scientists have shown that a non-invasive sound stimulation of the brain at a specific frequency can clear toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, an advance that could lead to low-cost therapy.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Toxic stress may cause a child's brain to wire differently From birth through age 3, the brain creates about 700 new neural ...

Most research on the health effects of stress focuses on adults, but a new review looks at how stress uniquely affects ...

A child is born to a 17-year-old mother in a small south Arkansas town. There is a healthy 14 -month-old sibling. Mom is not employed. She has an alcohol substance use disorder, but she is able to ...

Child abuse is a devastating issue that affects families across the world, often driven by unnoticed stressors. Whether it's financial instability, health concerns or even community crises like a ...