An analysis of U.S. mortality data reveals the disproportionate impact of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) on older adults, males and certain racial and ethnic groups.

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After brain injury, some patients are no longer able to respond to the world around them. Is this really the case?

The rise in pornography use among early adolescents, late adolescents and a growing number of adults, suggests a deeper and ...

The link between poor sleep and mental health problems could be related to deficits in brain regions that keep unwanted thoughts out of mind, according to research from the University of East Anglia ...

Nearly 20% of American adults reported having an anxiety disorder in the past year, data shows — and many are more likely to feel uneasy and anxious as the sun sets. While "sunset anxiety" isn ...

“Brain rot” was named the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024 after a public vote involving more than 37,000 people. Oxford University Press defines the concept as “the supposed deterioration of a person ...

Known as the intracardiac nervous system, these pathways were assumed to be a mere stopping point for information transmitted by parts of the brain and spinal cord. Scientists from the Karolinska ...

"We started to focus on the potential role of the brain's oxytocin and AVP systems as therapeutic targets for psychiatric diseases such as depression and anxiety disorders or autism," Professor ...

Currently, there is only one official subtype of social anxiety, known as “performance only.” But some people with social anxiety, and some researchers in the field, argue that more subtypes ...

Your brain also has fewer distractions at night, adds Dr. Jeffrey Strawn, director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. During the day ...