ROCHESTER, Minn. -- You may have heard of the mind-body connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, especially those related to stress, can influence physical health. Mohamad Alkhouli, M ...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. New in JNeurosci , Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from ...

The Rio Grande Valley has one of the highest dementia rates in Texas — nearly double the national average — driven by risk factors such as cardiovascular disease.

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading cause of death. The conventional approach to studying and treating these ...

The discovery comes from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, published in Science Translational Medicine. Results demonstrate that restoring the connection between the heart and the right vagus ...

Your heartbeat isn’t just keeping you alive; it's also talking to your brain and shaping how you experience pain. Recent research shows that the ...

A new study reveals that your heart rate slows down more when you make a visual mistake than when you see things correctly. This suggests our bodies physically react to perceptual errors in real-time.

A clinical neuropsychologist says a few everyday habits can strengthen your brain and support lifelong mental agility.

ADHD medications—especially stimulants—can raise your blood pressure and heart rate. Other factors that can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, like sleep problems, substance use, and excess ...