A brain abscess is a rare but life-threatening infection. Learn how advances in imaging, surgery, and diagnostics are improving patient outcomes.

This review provides a concise overview of the epidemiology, etiology, history, diagnostic criteria, and management of CMV infection in solid organ transplant recipients.

Observational studies of psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression have long tied ...

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According to the CDC, CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States and can have lifelong consequences.

Brain abscesses represent a serious focal infection of the brain parenchyma that may arise from a variety of sources including contiguous spread from otorhinogenic or odontogenic infections ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

Scientists suggest quantum entanglement in myelin sheaths generates consciousness, offering a groundbreaking new perspective on brain function and cognition.

Infections by a parasitic worm carried by rats, snails and slugs that can cause lethal brain infections in humans are increasing in dogs on Australia’s east coast, a Sydney study has found. Rat ...

The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is rare but deadly. Here's how you can contract it and what symptoms to watch out for.

A single serving of an erythritol-sweetened drink could harm brain and blood vessel health, a new cellular study suggests.

Experts explain the impact microplastics have on the brain and how there may be a “spoonful” in the organ. Plus, how to cut back on microplastics.