Still, the results don’t explain why we can’t recall some of the earliest moments of our lives, a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia. It’s possible that these memories aren’t ...

Measles can cause “immune amnesia,” which reduces the body’s defenses against other illnesses, such as flu and tuberculosis. This reduction in immunity can happen even if a person has been ...

Long dramatized in movies and novels, amnesia refers to a profound loss of memory that’s temporary, permanent, or progressive (gets worse over time). Depending on the type and cause of amnesia ...