When I was 16, my grandmother’s physique puzzled me. Her shape suggested obesity, but her limbs and face contradicted my observation. I asked my father, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine ...

What if healing the brain after traumatic injury starts in the gut? In a new study published in Nature Communications Biology , Houston Methodist researchers led by Sonia Villapol, Ph.D., found that ...

Researchers discovered that clearing out certain digestive bacteria with antibiotics helps calm the immune system. This temporary microbial shift protected mice from severe brain swelling and cellular ...

In a new study published in Communications Biology, Houston Methodist researchers led by Sonia Villapol, Ph.D., found that ...

Researchers find that short-term antibiotics can heal traumatic brain injuries by remodeling the gut microbiome and reducing neuroinflammation.

A team at Texas A&M AgriLife Research has developed a new way to protect and potentially heal brain cells, using microscopic particles shaped like flowers. The so-called “nanoflowers,” metallic ...

The term “nervous breakdown” is no longer used—“mental-health crisis” is the nomenclature du jour—but I think I had one two years ago. My journey into the psychological night was precipitated by a ...

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a surprising repair system in the spinal cord that could open new doors for treating paralysis, stroke, and diseases like multiple sclerosis. They found that ...

As Grand County resident Julie Mahoney focused on walking in the tire tracks left by a car, she looked up to find she was not the only one on the snow-covered road. With half a foot of fresh snow ...