To look in PSP, a 4R-tauopathy, first author Blas Couto and colleagues compared sections of the midbrain from nine people with this disease, 10 with PD, and six controls. The midbrain, particularly ...

Given a choice between two sea snail shells, hermit crabs know which will make a better home. That is, unless their thinking has been muddled by ingesting microplastics. Then, they struggle with a ...

A Grammy-winning singer and his family have revealed the surprising early symptoms of his brain cancer. Michael Bolton, who was diagnosed in December 2023 with glioblastoma — the most aggressive ...

An Ohio music conductor is using deep brain stimulation to combat his Parkinson’s disease. Rand Laycock, 70, the director and conductor of a symphony orchestra, was diagnosed just before his ...

A study of long-distance runners shows the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt—by burning its own fat. A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits ...

Famed celebrity psychic medium Tyler Henry took to Instagram to share a health update with fans after undergoing brain surgery. On Wednesday, the “Hollywood Medium” star, 29, revealed in a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last week, baffling many and delighting a few, HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

Value-based care provider NeueHealth will convert to a privately held company within months, CEO Mike Mikan said Thursday. The company formerly known as Bright Health Group and its majority owner ...

Kavan Markwood, the Pirates fan who fell over the 21-foot high Clemente Wall at Pittsburgh's PNC Park last Wednesday, will be released from the hospital in about a week, he told the Pittsburgh ...

Over the past decade, intensive studies have shown that the brain's meningeal lymphatic system acts as the brain's "waste disposal network," maintaining homeostasis by clearing metabolic waste and ...