Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is well known for treating scuba and deep-sea divers affected by the rapid change in pressure ...

Health equity ensures that everyone -- regardless of race, income or geographic location -- has an equal opportunity to achieve optimal health, writes guest columnist the Rev. Frederick Knuckles Sr.

Vascular dementia, a very common form of dementia, occurs from decreased blood flow to the brain. It is easy to mistake for a ...

In a new study on mice, an experimental antibody treatment reduced the lingering after-effects of head injuries.

Experts have managed to figure out that these physical symptoms could be a sign of something else if it isn't a stroke ...

Education is power.” It’s a phrase we hear often, but nowhere does it ring truer than in the realm of Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Early detection isn’t just a medical advantage–it’s a pathway ...

Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating neurodegenerative disorder, is closely linked to the accumulation of tau protein in the ...

Researchers have discovered how wildfire smoke or air pollutants could be contributing to neurodegenerative diseases such as ...

Twenty years ago, pathologist Bennet Omalu and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh published the first paper identifying a new disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the brain of ...

The brainchild of two ALS sufferers, the Ice Bucket Challenge took off in August 2014 — and the initiative is still having an ...

This exercise "plays a crucial role in brain health, with increasing evidence linking it to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's ...