For over 40 years, I’ve sat at the bedside of people who were dying — watching, listening, learning, and guiding. Again and again, I saw families with the same questions and concerns: What’s happening? Is it normal? Is something bad happening? What can I do? What shouldn’t I do? What’s …

Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language processing regions in the brain, according to a new study.   ​Read More 

As individuals in Elkhart age, their bodies undergo numerous changes, some of which can profoundly affect their vision. As a prime example, macular degeneration is a leading cause of vision loss among seniors. If not adequately addressed, vision changes caused by macular degeneration can impact reading, driving, and recognizing faces, …

Psychological treatment can relieve pain. New research now shows what happens in the brain — and what specific treatments psychologists, doctors and patients can turn to.   ​Read More 

A research team has demonstrated how the energy levels of individual neurons in the brain change during so-called spreading depolarizations — waves of activity that occur in various brain disorders. The findings provide important foundations for understanding energy metabolism in cases of acute cerebral ischaemia, such as that which occurs …