(Koto_feja/iStock/Getty Images Plus) People with autism may be up to six times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a ...

A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that a combination of non-invasive brain scanning and computer modeling can successfully measure how a dementia drug ...

People age at different rates, partly due to genetics but largely because of lifestyle. A person’s rate of aging can indicate how likely they are to develop age-related disorders, such as dementia.

Researchers identify dopamine transporter abnormalities in young adults with autism, potentially explaining their 6x higher risk of Parkinson’s.

Researchers at the University of Missouri may have uncovered a clue explaining why young adults with autism are roughly six times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease later in life.

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 ...

USC researchers have found a promising new brain scan marker that could better detect Alzheimer’s risk — but only for some. The tau-based benchmark works in Hispanic and White populations when paired ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...