Essentially, a brain scan is a picture of the inside of the skull. They’re typically obtained by technicians using either a ...

A starry sky can be stunning—even inside a hospital emergency room. But instead of celestial bodies sparkling in the night, doctors in South Korea were gazing at bright brain lesions punctuating a ...

Multiple sclerosis, a complex neurological condition affecting nearly 3 million people worldwide, has long been characterized by its elusiveness. Even as medical imaging technology has advanced ...

Imagine walking into a doctor’s office at 45 and getting a single brain scan that tells you not just how old your brain is, but how quickly your entire body will age over the next decades. This isn’t ...

Levels of iron in the brain could be a warning sign of future Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. High levels of the chemical element have been shown to increase brain toxins and trigger ...