A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is a diagnostic tool that examines body tissue functioning, such as blood flow, oxygen use, and sugar metabolism, to help doctors diagnose and treat disease.

New research suggests that consistent aerobic exercise can help keep your brain biologically younger. Adults who exercised regularly for a year showed brains that appeared nearly a year younger than ...

Study: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development. Image credit: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to ...

The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at the base of the brain, the cerebellum has long been thought to be mainly ...

Brain imaging technologies (e.g., MRI, PET, advanced microscopy) are foundational tools for deciphering the brain's ...

Woody the dog required complex brain surgery at DoveLewis Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital in Portland to treat his multilobular osteochondrosarcoma Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Medical student Alex Warwick has been diagnosed with a highly aggressive brain tumour. The family of a 23-year-old student with a brain tumour is hoping to raise £200,000 to to pay for potentially ...

The growing demand for amyloid and tau PET imaging, driven by new dementia therapies and biomarker-based diagnosis, has increased the need for accessible PET brain imaging in outpatient neurology ...

A terminal cancer patient is speaking out about the waiting times she warns will take her life. Sara Gillooly, a Port Moody real estate agent, had her nightmare begin in May last year. Despite being ...

Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ...