A growing body of research points to chronic, low-grade inflammation inside the brain as a possible accelerant of Alzheimer’s disease, not just a bystander response to damage already done. The 2024 ...

Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, ...

What does it say when a national insurer chooses to follow the science before being forced to by law? This year, Aetna ...

Inflammation is a natural bodily process – but when it becomes chronic, it’s strongly linked with disease. Increasing evidence links inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, to mental health ...

A newly developed system to deliver tiny capsules containing anti-inflammatory proteins to specific parts of the brain may help fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. AstroCapsules, described in ...

Inflammation in former football players was tied to limbic white matter damage and worse memory, revealing a potential pathway linking repetitive head impacts to later cognitive decline.

A new scientific breakthrough may soon offer hope for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease. A group of researchers in Spain has developed a drug candidate that could help fight the condition at its ...

Not all depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia is the same. A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry identified a distinct subtype of psychiatric illness marked by brain inflammation, ...

A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found that the measure of brain inflammation in people who were experiencing clinical depression was increased by 30 per cent. The ...

COVID-19 affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is often associated with long-term neurological abnormalities. Common symptoms include the loss of taste and smell, dizziness, „brain fog” ...

Your body often gives subtle signals when inflammation is present. Read on as Dr Vishakha explains how to recognise these ...