For an older patient after a fall, a single blood draw could soon turn a doctor’s hunch into objective evidence. Labs, in ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

It's widely recognized that psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety disorders are based in the brain. Scientists have even started to discover which brain areas are involved in different ...

Two Lancet studies show how modifiable dementia risk factors, such as physical inactivity, cognitive inactivity, depression, ...

A Pittsburgh-led brain scan showdown suggests a newer tau PET tracer, MK‑6240, may be catching Alzheimer ’s-related tau ...

Implicit Association Tests (IATs) are computerized tests that can be used to assess the subconscious association between different concepts. A form of the IAT, the Suicide Implicit Association Test (S ...

Detecting Alzheimer's early: UPMC, Pitt develop new imaging test that can detect Alzheimer's with greater accuracy ...

It happens every day at North Shore University Hospital’s busy emergency department in Manhasset — patients who have fallen and hit their head are brought in for evaluation and possible treatment.

It's widely recognized that psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety disorders are based in the brain. Scientists have even started to discover which brain areas are involved in different ...