Playing a mental speed-training game seems to help the brain clear a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease in men, but may ...

University of Manchester scientists have uncovered evidence that a buildup of a common body waste product in the brain could ...

Where you live may shape your brain long before symptoms appear. A growing body of research suggests neighborhood conditions, from social vulnerability to environmental burdens, influence dementia ...

New research breaks it down.

Learning languages may keep your brain young, but the evidence for preventing dementia itself is far less clearcut.

Jessica Rendall is a reporter with experience covering a variety of health and wellness topics, including chronic disease, infectious disease, telemedicine, mental health and health technology. Renée ...

For more than three decades, a group of Catholic sisters quietly reshaped what scientists understand about aging, memory loss ...

You’re going to want to remember this. Around the world, more than 57 million people are living with dementia, and nearly 10 ...

"It is very difficult for adults in many parts of the country to access behavioral neurological specialist care." ...

Problems with the brain's waste clearance system could underlie many cases of dementia and help explain why poor sleep patterns and cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure increase the ...

Even moderate amounts of walking may help protect brain function and slow changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

Using animal models representing isolated features of the disease, the team discovered that alcohol dramatically reduces ...