Health

In 1758 in Sweden, 1205 mothers died for every 100,000 live births, which was likely representative of the global maternal mortality rate.

You might feel like coffee gives you the energy to get through the day – but chances are, you're not getting as much as you think.

Brain stimulation during sleep appears to help with memory consolidation, suggesting a new way to treat people with memory disorders.

Neuroscientists don't know the degree to which adult brains generate new neurons, but adult-made neurons appear to have more "mature" functions.

Tune Therapeutics has successfully lowered the cholesterol levels of monkeys using a version of CRISPR that doesn’t permanently alter DNA.

Even though pain is universal and we know it happens in the brain, we've never before had a way to objectively measure its intensity.

A new overdose-reversing spray that works fast but lasts longer has been approved by the FDA, and will be available by the fall at earliest.

The first treatments proven to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s are helping settle a decades-long debate about how the disease starts.

A man with paralyzed legs is walking again thanks to a “digital bridge” between his brain and a spinal stimulator.

To improve leukemia treatment, Australian researchers have created a bispecific antibody that connects chemo drugs to cancer cells.