From depression to post-traumatic stress disorder, psychedelic drugs combined with therapy might ease symptoms. Once a counterculture outcast, these drugs are undergoing a renaissance in medicine for ...

Metformin has been prescribed to people with type 2 diabetes to manage blood sugar for more than 60 years, but scientists haven't been exactly sure how it works. A new study suggests it works directly ...

Predictive model accelerates the development of nanoparticles as potential drug carriers for targeting neurodegenerative ...

In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single photo that circulated across news outlets ...

The deadliest type of brain cancer does something doctors didn't expect: it thins the skull. New research shows glioblastoma goes beyond just attacking the brain; it also weakens the bone protecting ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels—an advance that could usher in a new era of research into ...

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response. Get ...

This is part of Revenge Week, a series about how vengeance runs America, from the White House to cheating spouses to that bad boss who totally deserved it. Imagine that you have two adorable pets: a ...