Brain damage caused by blocked blood vessels may be treatable using injections of stem cells, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Zurich and the University of Southern ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye-called the cornea-can heal from minor scratches within a single day. The brain is not one ...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, on Thursday unveiled the Functional Repair of Neocortical Tissue (FRONT) ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

A program for brain-damaged kids needs more funding. Critics say a bill to fix it puts pressure on parents rather than increasing fees to pay for it.

A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...

For decades, scientists have known that a misbehaving protein sits at the heart of Parkinson’s disease, yet the precise chain ...

Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests. Using ultra-high-resolution scanners ...

AURORA, Colo. — After decades of studying the human brain, a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has identified a link between brain damage and criminal ...