The Forefront

Most commonly known as stomach flu, norovirus is a highly contagious virus that generally spreads hand to mouth 12 to 36 hours after exposure. Learn how norovirus is contracted — and how to stay safe.

Clinical trial results indicate that primary progressive aphasia (PPA) patients and their communication partners benefit from remote speech-language therapy.

A groundbreaking operation that implanted lab-grown stem cells into Jonathan Nemeth's brain has quieted his seizures. The approach, said Peter Warnke, MD, Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Medicine, is "truly restorative" for some patients with epilepsy.

Study in mice helps explain the mechanisms by which nitrous oxide affects the brain, potentially offering insights that could help relieve treatment-resistant depression.