A common oral bacterium may move from the mouth to the gut and release toxins that enter the brain, damaging ...

Scientists are increasingly convinced that what happens in the mouth does not stay in the mouth. A growing body of research ...

Avocados and walnuts don’t seem like they have much in common, yet both contain healthy fats linked to better brain health. If you had to choose just one, walnuts tend to pull ahead, but that doesn’t ...

New findings suggest that a protein known as Reelin could play a role in treating both “leaky gut” and severe depression.

Creatine plays a vital role in the body's energy system, but it also points to effects beyond "energy" that help brain and ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the body’s most vital line of defense and, at the same time, is also one of modern ...

The blood-brain barrier acts as a gatekeeper restricting what can and cannot reach the brain. Researchers are now designing the next generation of antibody treatments to cross the blood-brain barrier ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say results of a new National Institutes of Health-funded study are advancing efforts to ...

The effectiveness of chemotherapy for brain cancer, done with a technique that opens the blood-brain barrier, can be ...

Medications like Ozempic mimic a naturally occurring hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, which helps regulate ...