Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, the NBA announced. He was 47. Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. He revealed in 2013 that he was gay, an announcement … Read more
Jason Collins, a longtime NBA center who became the first openly gay man to play in any of America’s four leading professional sports leagues, died Tuesday following months of treatment for glioblastoma. He was 47. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The NBA announced Collins’s death … Read more
“CBS Mornings” is partnering with our sponsor the Alzheimer’s Association for a three-part series, “Brain Health: From Awareness to Action,” to explore the brain-healthy habits people can establish that may help lower the risk of dementia later in life. A recent survey by the Alzheimer’s Association found that nearly 9 in 10 adults say maintaining … Read more
A single psychedelic trip may cause physical changes in the brain that could explain why some people report psychological benefits from the experience, a small study suggests. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The research, published Tuesday in Nature Communications, focused on psilocybin, the psychedelic compound … Read more
Brain health is of paramount importance to nearly all Americans, yet few are aware of the latest science on how to nurture it. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Alzheimer’s Association released its annual report Tuesday, which included a survey of more than 3,800 adults … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The next president at the University of Michigan said Wednesday he can’t take the job because of brain cancer. Kent Syverud, chancellor at Syracuse University, said he received the diagnosis after not feeling well last week. “I am currently undergoing treatment at the University of Michigan. … I am aware that … Read more
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Tests of intelligence and brain function were the same whether or not people drank fluoridated water growing up, a highly anticipated, long-term study found. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The new research, published Monday in the respected Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is … Read more
An Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed six U.S. service members in the early hours of the war with Iran was more severe than has previously been revealed, with dozens suffering brain injuries, shrapnel trauma and burns, multiple sources told CBS News. At least one required the amputation of a limb. Sources described a … Read more
Older adults who remain cognitively sharp as they age have a genetic advantage over their peers, new research shows. Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that so-called super-agers generate twice as many new neurons in the hippocampus — a part of the brain critical to learning and memory — as … Read more