In desperation, the woman’s care team reached out to Müller, a hematologist-oncologist at the University Hospital of Erlangen, a roughly three-hour drive away by ambulance. In recent years, he and his ...

Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Dial or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for free and confidential support. Summer passed Valerie Zeko ...

Alzheimer’s disease is one of humanity’s most formidable foes. It affects 10 percent of people over age 65 and kills more people each year than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. Its effects ...

Victor Sung, M.D., director of the Division of Movement Disorders in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology and director of the UAB Huntington’s Disease Clinic, reacted to the ...

Every week neurologist Victor Sung sees people with Huntington’s disease, a rare and deadly neurodegenerative disorder, at his clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. But a Wednesday in ...

Credit: Getty Images A literature review of nonpharmacologic treatments for patients with schizophrenia and comparison recommendations in the 2020 American Psychiatric Association Practice (APA) ...

Shawn Connolly, a former skateboarding professional, follows the directions of Nicholas B. Galifianakis, MD, while testing a deep brain stimulation treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Photo by Maurice ...

A form of brain cancer called DIPG has killed every child and young adult who has ever been diagnosed. But one young man, publicly identified only by his first name, Drew, has now lived an ...

Words can certainly hurt—but so can the absence of them. If you’ve ever had a partner pretend you don’t exist mid-argument or stop talking until you take all the blame, you understand what we’re ...

Thanks to the pandemic, the immune system has gotten a lot of attention. When I think about all the viruses, bacteria and other invaders that the body’s defenses fend off, I’m in awe, even if the ...

We’re willing to bet that when you break out on your face, you spring into action with pimple patches and acne-targeting skin care galore. You can take a similarly proactive approach to addressing ...

The percentage of Americans seeking mental health treatment nearly doubled between 2004 and 2022, with almost a quarter of the population reporting that they saw a mental health care professional in ...