Menopause is associated with a distinct pattern of molecular changes linked to brain ageing and later dementia risk.

Your brain reorganises itself at around 66, and again at around 83. That’s the headline from neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge, who identified five “major epochs” of brain wiring across a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young woman pointing at digital image of brain Puberty, pregnancy and menopause can feel like completely separate chapters of life ...

Neuroscientist Susana Carmona has been studying brain changes for years. Here's what she wants pregnant women to know.

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the brain developed during childhood, settled into a stable form in early ...

Becoming a mother changes the brain not just temporarily, but for life. Pregnancy and the postpartum period trigger lasting changes in the maternal brain through the brain chemical dopamine, producing ...

Despite dads' rising participation in child care and their importance in the lives of their kids, there is surprisingly little research about how fatherhood affects men. Even fewer studies focus on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite dads' rising participation in child care and their importance in the lives of their kids, there is surprisingly little ...

For years, naysayers have been talking about how devices drain the brain, depleting energy, and reducing its ability to retain information. While no one discounts the science behind it, studies have ...

Exercise soon became part of his new routine. After nearly two decades of relying on alcohol, overeating, and endless ...