Most of us are aware that excess weight around the belly in middle age raises our risk of developing a long list of health ...

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that causes nerve cells in the brain to die leading to impaired movement, ...

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Down Syndrome, are increasingly being linked to cellular ...

Radiolabeled biologics whether amino acids, cells, antibodies, proteins, viruses or synthetic ligands have potential for functional imaging and therapy. To ...

The family foundation’s gift will go to an endowment to fund research into curing ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases at ...

Nearly 90,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease each year. Parkinson’s is a ...

Stressful or traumatic experiences in childhood have been shown to negatively impact an individual's health as an adult.

Getting enough high-quality sleep has been associated with improved immune function, reduced stress, faster recovery from ...

The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open, first looked at brain scans of ...

A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are part of one common brain circuit.

The UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced Thursday it received a $35 million gift that aims to advance research to ...

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has received the third-largest donation in the entire UMass system’s history.