A University of Houston psychology professor is challenging the notion that dyslexia, or specific reading disorder, stems ...

Despite decades of research, scientists struggle to understand the mental health implications of DNA. Researchers were able ...

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A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

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Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.