Strange brown specks in two donated brains set a seasoned neuropathologist on an unexpected path. Elaine Bearer had examined ...

A new study found that brain samples collected in 2024 contained significantly more microplastics than those taken eight years earlier. Adobe stock/HealthDay Tiny microplastics are making their way ...

When a CBS News medical correspondent claimed recently that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her colleagues looked horrified, and for good reason. Surely, that much ...

Plastic is everywhere, including in our brains. According to a preprint in the National Library of Medicine, samples from human brains collected in 2024 contain 50% more plastic than samples collected ...

Tiny plastic particles are accumulating in human tissues at increasingly higher levels, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine on Monday shows. The study, led by Matthew Campen of the ...

A plastic spoon’s worth of plastic is inside your brain: “Research reveals that human brains contain approximately a spoon's worth of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs), with levels 3-5 times ...

Find out just how many microplastics are in the human body and learn simple ways to reduce microplastic exposure with the ...

Many people think that food packaging plastic is harmless because they are not being digested directly. Brioche rolls packaged in plastic are pictured at a branch of Asda in north London, on April 27, ...

Life molds our brains into ever more finely tuned instruments. Stress dulls them. Here's how that works. The newborn emerges from the sensory deprivation chamber of the womb with little if any ...

You now know your brain is plastic and can be influenced by many variables. Dr. Michael Merzenich, often called the Father of Modern Neuroplasticity, outlines the necessary conditions needed for your ...

Our brains do not react in a fixed, mechanical way like electronic circuits. Even if we see the same scene every day on our ...

When a CBS News medical correspondent claimed recently that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her colleagues looked horrified, and for good reason. Surely, that much ...