Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report that early-life exposure to common environmental metals may influence brain development and behavioral health more than a decade later ...

For adults focused on living well into their seventies and eighties, oral health belongs on the same priority list as heart ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

We all know that good oral care, that includes majorly brushing, is important to keep those pesky cavities at bay. However, do you know that oral hygiene also has a close connection with brain and ...

Researchers are exploring how oral bacteria and inflammation may be linked to cognitive decline.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This proportionally bigger brain is what anthropologists argued enabled us and our ...