Alzheimer’s disease has long been framed as a problem of protein misbehavior: amyloid-beta plaques accumulating between neurons and tau tangles clogging them from within. But a growing body of r ...

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand how it works have pushed the boundaries of brain-imaging technologies. A new ...

If the brain's plumbing doesn't work properly, research shows, cellular garbage accumulates, and a cleaner brain may be a ...

The lymphatic system quietly runs one of the body’s most important jobs, and most people have never thought about it until a TikTok told them to dry brush. Here’s what’s actually happening inside your ...

A team of Rutgers undergraduates has shown that an experimental drug known as Yoda1 may help drain cranial waste plus neurotoxins that cause Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. "The brain ...

The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprising ...

T cells are on the front lines of the immune system, monitoring the body for pathogens, and springing into action when those invaders are identified. All that work requires fuel, and T cells take up ...

A new study led by researchers from the University of Barcelona shows that wasteosomes - structures that act as containers for brain waste products - indicate a malfunction of the glymphatic system, a ...

Evidence is rapidly growing that chronic inflammation plays a large part in causing chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiac, neurologic, and gastroenterological disorders. Various diets, including ...

Fans of these massages claim they "depuff" and "define" their stomach - but what's actually happening to their bodies?

The lymphatic system quietly runs one of the body’s most important jobs, and most people have never thought about it until a TikTok told them to dry brush. Here’s what’s actually happening inside your ...