People reach for a book to calm down more often than they reach for a glass of wine or a hot bath, according to a new editorial pulling together decades of research on reading and mental health. One ...

On the days hybrid workers stay home instead of going into the office, they sit for about 44 extra minutes and get roughly 58 fewer minutes of light and moderate-to-vigorous activity combined, ...

Eating just one more ounce of processed meat every day was tied to as much as a 52 percent higher risk of developing dementia, according to a massive UK study cited in a new scientific review.

Anatomy textbooks draw the brain as a single organ, one wrinkled mass wired together from front to back. New research led by Stanford Medicine suggests that picture hides a split dating back to the ...

“Mental load” refers to the behind-the-scenes work of keeping a life running: tracking appointments, remembering bills, planning meals and handling a steady stream of small decisions. For people ...

Dogs listening to made-up strings of gibberish showed a brain pattern that looks oddly human: their brain activity locked onto consonant patterns far more strongly than vowel patterns, according to a ...

Reaching for a pill can feel like the only option when pain flares up, whether it’s an aching knee or a pounding migraine. A sweeping new analysis out of Adelaide University suggests movement might ...

Men who feel both lonely and cut off from others have nearly six fewer years of life free from depression or anxiety, according to a massive new study. That gap dwarfs the roughly two fewer years ...

Neighborhoods with higher incomes and higher homeownership rates each face roughly 30% higher odds of getting hit by wildfire than other communities, according to a sweeping new analysis of 141 U.S.

Veterans between the ages of 20 and 39 carry significantly more toxic “forever chemicals” in their blood than civilians the same age, with levels of one chemical running as much as 24% higher, ...