In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

Vitamin B12 is essential for blood formation, nerve and brain function, and energy metabolism. Deficiency is common in vegetarians, older adults, and malabsorption states and causes fatigue, ...

Few motorists believe how dangerous it is to drive under the influence of alcohol. It is not a question of whether one is under the legal limits ...

For a long time, fats were considered detrimental the a healthy diet. In the 1970s and 80s, fad diets like the Scarsdale and ...

The Washington Post FAR from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. By playing video games, “people are ...

Research has found that this training seems to pay off: Studies have reported that action video game players have better vision, performed better in spatial tasks and had better control of their ...

Why does stopping at a red light become automatic? New neuroscience shows how the cerebellum turns visual cues into fast, ...

We have only just started to understand how our brains clean themselves, but columnist Helen Thomson finds promising evidence ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly ...

Neurodegenerative disorders are pressing global health challenges that stem from progressive neuronal dysfunction and loss. While the central roles of ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...