But while careful monitoring of the patient’s vital signs helps make anesthesia very safe, much is still unknown about how, ...

Boosting a person's smarts through drugs or electrical or magnetic stimulation of the brain is becoming an increasingly widespread practice. Now, bioethicists are weighing in, saying that while such ...

An experimental pill could slow memory loss and brain shrinkage in some Alzheimer’s patients, new research suggests. The pill, called ALZ-801 (valiltramiprosate), was shown to be effective in people ...

In a lab study, a combo of anti-aging drugs appeared to cause a profound loss of the protective coating myelin, which is a ...

Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision. Tested only in animals so far, if the device pans out it could ...

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A major obstacle is the blood-brain barrier, which Kunwar described as similar to “Saran Wrap” surrounding every blood vessel in the brain. This barrier evolved to protect the brain from foreign ...