She spends her working days caring for patients with brain tumors. But nurse Chantal Smits only realized she too was suffering from a tumor after spotting a poster at work. The now-22-year-old star… ...

It wasn’t until Feb. 2018 when she was reading a poster on the hospital wall, listing the signs and symptoms of brain tumors in young people and children, that Smits realized what might be wrong ...

Based on the analysis, the brain appears to be a particularly strong predictor of not just Alzheimer’s disease, but longevity ...

Every Person's Brain Is Unique, Like Our Fingerprints: Study. Published Jul 11, 2018 at 6:16 AM EDT Updated Jul 11, 2018 at 10:42 AM EDT.

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the emergence and strengthening of ...

However, brain activity is influenced by factors beyond the immediate stimulus, such as emotional states and idle thoughts. So the dictionary can only provide predictions of how a person’s brain ...

Scientists have shown that deep brain stimulation during sleep can help people retain new information. The approach could help people with memory problems related to disorders like Alzheimer's.

A noninvasive brain-computer interface capable of converting a person’s thoughts into words could one day help people who have lost the ability to speak as a result of injuries like strokes or ...