University of Texas at Dallas assistant professor of psychology Dr. Katherine Damme has received a two-year grant for more than $500,000 from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the role estrogen plays in delaying the onset of psychotic disorders that often affect men earlier in life than women, and how that role ties in with the effect that estrogen levels in late childhood through early adulthood have on brain development.

A microscopic worm that has no kidneys is helping Rutgers scientists understand a genetic change suspected of causing a serious inherited kidney disease.

Nearly 3 in 4 older adults said they would likely or definitely get a vaccine to prevent against high risk of dementia.