You’ve likely experienced it: a day when your mind just feels a bit slow — finding the right words takes effort, processing feels sluggish, and recalling information takes longer than usual. People ...

More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults struggle to afford their prescription medications. Those who can't are left with grim choices—such as skipping doses, cutting pills in half, or abandoning prescriptions ...

Researchers found that gut microbes may contribute to memory loss by disrupting signals between the intestine and the brain.

When considering the drugs most likely to cause former addicts to repeatedly relapse, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine ...

Beta-blockers are having a moment online. How do these pills work and do they help anxiety? Experts break down the benefits and risks.

A new study in mice suggests psychedelics make the brain more likely to “see” images from memory rather than what’s actually in front of it. Long before modern laboratory testing, indigenous cultures ...

We become forgetful as we age. This is often seen as a universal truth, but in fact it is far from universal: some people remain incredibly sharp at ...

A pilot randomized trial of older adults with mild cognitive impairment given either daily low-dose lithium carbonate or placebo for 2 years met its feasibility target, according to results published ...

FROM THESE CANOES TO THE DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, HOUSE HE SHARES WITH HIS LOVING WIFE, DEB. BUT AT THE AGE OF 58, BILL’S ST ...

Scientists at Arc Institute and Stanford University have discovered that age-related memory loss may be driven by changes in the gut rather than the brain itself. In a study published in Nature, ...

Smoking cannabis can do more than blur memories. It can reshape them. A new Washington State University study found that people who consumed THC were more likely to recall words that were never ...

A major new federal study by researchers at Brandeis’ Heller school and Mass General Brigham hospital (MGB) aims to change that.