Increasing the levels of a particular phospholipid in the membranes of brain cells may offer a promising new way to improve blood circulation in the brain and support healthier brain activity. A poten ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to ...

One of the primary ways exercise benefits the brain is by increasing blood flow throughout the body. This enhanced ...

Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the brain vessels, causing them to expand slightly and then relax, much like the rise and fall of the blood pulsing through your veins when you feel ...

A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems arise. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University ...

When you sit quietly for a moment listening to your heart pump blood through your body, do you think about blood vessels as a firehose drenching your organs and brain with red blood cells full of ...

Physical exercise triggers extracellular vesicles (EVs)—tiny particles in the blood—to act as temporary transport shuttles for key hormone precursors.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were an easy way to lower your cholesterol, bolster your bones, and safeguard your memory for years to come? There is! The red sage plant, also called danshen, has ...

Intermittent energy restriction for weight loss leads to coordinated changes across the brain, gut, and microbiome axis.

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a ...