By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University believe...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health have identified a compound that dramatically bolsters learning and memory...

The human body is a complicated system of blood vessels, nerves, organs, tissue and cells each with a specific job...

Americans are over-diagnosed and over-treated for depression, according to a new study conducted at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...

We're all fatheads. That is, our brain cells are packed with fat molecules, more of them than almost any other...

One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit (ICU) and required use of a mechanical ventilator...

In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain's initial vision processing center...

Efforts to reduce underage exposure to alcohol advertising by implementing time restrictions have not worked, according to new research from...

A Viewpoint article published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the clinical practice of prescribing...

For most of history, humans rose with the sun and slept when it set. Enter Thomas Edison, and with a...

Parents with social anxiety disorder are more likely than parents with other forms of anxiety to engage in behaviors that...

Tired? Scientists have discovered another possible benefit of a night of restful and uninterrupted sleep. According to a new study...

Primary care physicians who hold unconscious racial biases tend to dominate conversations with African-American patients during routine visits, paying less...

Individuals suffering from mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic disorder and major depressive disorder may be more likely...

A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, was enough to bring about...