Mar 28 : Researchers at Emory University claim to have identified a protein that kills brain cells after a stroke or a seizure.

Mart 27 : Your fondness for ice-creams, cakes and chocolates may have nothing to do with taste buds, say researchers who claim that the human brain ’senses’ foods that are high in

Mar 27 : People in their forties with large bellies are at an increased risk of developing dementia, finds a new study.

Mar 26 : Heart failure patients are routinely given drugs known as beta-blockers to boost cardiac performance and reduce the risk of death. These drugs were thought work directly on

March 26 : A Canadian study has revealed that people generally show a positive and supportive behaviour towards their partners’ decision to change their diet, but sometimes

Mar 26 : People taking anti-depression medications are at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, says a researcher.

Mar 26 : A University of California Irvine (UCI) study has cited that a large number of neuron “hubs” in the epileptic brain account for the seizures in epilepsy

Jan 1 : US researchers have found that a nasal spray of a key brain hormone might eliminate sleepiness, without any apparent side effects.

Dec 22 : Soon a simple blood test would be able to diagnose Parkinson’s, a disease that often impairs the person’s motor skills and speech.

Dec 6 : Researchers at Massachusetts Institute for Technology’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found a missing protein that may be one of the culprits behind autism and other brain disorders.