Victoria Heimer McGinn, a neuroscientist and president of Brain Waves Rhode Island, joined 12 News at 4 Wednesday to discuss how her organization advocates for brain health and research.

"Deep sleep builds your immune system, and REM sleep regulates and fine-tunes it," says Darwall-Smith agrees. During deep ...

16, 2024 — Just as a conductor coordinates different instruments in an orchestra to produce a symphony, breathing coordinates hippocampal brain waves to strengthen memory while we sleep ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Scientists used positron emission tomography (PET) with edaravone, a drug used to treat ALS, to detect oxidative stress, which leads to brain damage, offering a clear path to ...

Some scientists think your brain may age in waves which kick in at 57, 70, and 78 on average. While that’s still just a theory, experts at the Mayo Clinic say that exercising, socialising ...

For several decades now, doctors have utilized a non-surgical technique called extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) to break up kidney stones so they can be passed with the urine.

The mathematician reflected on how his songs, which touch on themes of love and the fleeting nature of time, managed to capture listeners' hearts and climb the local music charts. "Unexpected yung ...

March 18, 2025 • Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases known to science – more contagious than Ebola, smallpox or COVID-19. Declining vaccination rates over the past few ...

Failure to agree on global grants to help low- and middle-income countries to achieve net-zero emissions cannot be the end of the story. An urgent solution is needed.

March 14, 2025 • Move over, TikTokers. It's time to shine a spotlight on some of the earliest influencers around: dinosaurs. When these ecosystem engineers were in their heyday, forest canopies ...