High blood pressure is the main modifiable risk factor for preventing cardiovascular events in people who have had a stroke or transient ischaemic attack; however, only approximately one in three ...

Firms like Function Health and Oura market regular blood tests to people wanting to take their health into their own hands.

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonergic (5-HT) system has been implicated in regulating sleep and motor control; however, its specific role remains controversial. In this study, we found that ...

REM (rapid eye movement) and non-REM (NREM) sleep stages contribute to systems memory consolidation in hippocampal-cortical circuits. However, the physiological mechanisms underlying REM memory ...

It happens every day at North Shore University Hospital’s busy emergency department in Manhasset — patients who have fallen and hit their head are brought in for evaluation and possible treatment.

Imagination is one of the most powerful things our brains can do. We can relive past events while taking a walk, rehearse future conversations through inner speech or sense the heat of a fire without ...

Cognitive tests are gaining attention for their role in the early detection of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Dementia is a growing concern as it kills more older Americans than breast and ...

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Lydia's mom said her daughter had "been through more in the last 6 months than some people go through in a lifetime" Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

PITTSFIELD — Test results show that Berkshire Medical Center has had episodes of “uncontrolled growth” of Legionella bacteria in recent years. The data, which The Eagle obtained through a public ...