Brain tumors have long forced pathologists into a difficult balancing act. Under the microscope, many look alike at first ...

If at least two of your close family members have had a brain aneurysm, genetic testing may help identify if you’re at risk. A brain aneurysm is a bulge in one of your brain’s blood vessels. The flow ...

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.

A finger prick blood test combined with online brain testing—all done from home—could one day effectively identify people's risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. The research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to transform some people's lives, but they raise a host of ethical issues, too.

A finger prick blood test combined with online brain testing - all done from home - could one day effectively identify people’s risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. Led by the ...

Tiny electronic chips that can be threaded into the brain through a needle instead of a scalpel are moving from speculative concept to early reality. Researchers are now testing injectable implants ...

Putting a computer inside someone's brain used to feel like the edge of science fiction. Today, it's a reality. Academic and commercial groups are testing "brain-computer interface" devices to enable ...