Three years ago, an international study commissioned by the journal Lancet listed 12 modifiable factors that increased the risk of dementia, including three new ones:…
Everyone forgets things at times. How often have you misplaced your cellphone or car keys? Have you ever forgotten the name of a person you…
Women are about twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Some of that is age; in the U.S., women outlive men…
A study of more than 2,200 adults who attended U.S. high schools in the early 1960s found that those who attended higher quality schools had…
The exercise was simple: inhale for a count of five, then exhale for a count of five. Do that for 20 minutes, twice a day,…
It’s generally accepted we will lose muscle strength and slow down as we age, making it more difficult to perform simple tasks such as getting…
Spending time with loved ones can have significant health benefits as we age, according to a new meta-analysis study from the Centre for Healthy Brain…
A recent study revealed that a protein important for neuron communication is associated with patient resistance to Alzheimer’s disease and may delay cognitive decline.
Changes in blood vessels in the brain linked to the build-up of a sticky protein known as amyloid beta are a hallmark of early-stage Alzheimer’s…
Cambridge scientists have shown how the brain’s ability to clear out toxic proteins is impaired in Huntington’s disease and other forms of dementia—and how, in…