Forget crossword puzzles. New government-backed research suggests an “unconscious” brain exercise may do more to shield aging ...

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

A large observational electronic health record study found that older adults receiving the recombinant zoster vaccine showed substantially lower rates of diagnosed dementia compared with matched ...

Computer-based cognitive training that mimics quickly completing tasks with divided attention tied to a reduced likelihood of ...

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are terms that are often used interchangeably, they don’t mean the same thing.

Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains ...

In a decades-long observational study of nearly 132,000 people, individuals who drank two to three cups of coffee or one to ...

A large, 20-year trial showed that speedy cognitive exercises could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The question is, could these tasks be adapted into video games?

The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive exercises, called speed training, lowered their risk of developing dementia by 25%. Scientists put participants through the speed ...

The legislation may be getting a boost by the revelation that a state senator is struggling with mental decline.