Do you remember Dr. Lewis Thomas, the renowned physician-writer? Back in the 1970s, Dr. Thomas wrote an elegant book of essays, The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher, in which he poetically ...

In a new book, Steve Ramirez explores the potential of memory manipulation to ease depression and other afflictions.

The term “nervous breakdown” is no longer used—“mental-health crisis” is the nomenclature du jour—but I think I had one two years ago. My journey into the psychological night was precipitated by a ...

According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he explains in the ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from trauma, stroke, or disease—they rarely grow back.

Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury. Credit...Fabio-Consoli Supported by By Rachel E. Gross The first thing Debra McVean did ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

A week-long retreat combining meditation and mind-body healing produced significant changes in brain activity and blood ...

Sometimes, life throws curveballs that leave you scratching your head. These moments can feel like you're trying to solve a puzzle with missing pieces. But those are the same times that teach you ...

When I was 16, my grandmother’s physique puzzled me. Her shape suggested obesity, but her limbs and face contradicted my observation. I asked my father, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine ...

Breakups hurt. Not just in the existential 'will I ever love again?' way but also literally: your brain engages the same neural pathways activated by physical pain when you go through this type of ...

"Go outside" or "touch grass" are common rejoinders deployed in online arguments these days. And, at least for those of us whose brains have probably melted from spending too much time on an app where ...