Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Suki Chan and co-editor Michael Ellis of 'Superman' fame discuss her debut feature, their collaboration, artistic ...

Megan Worthy still recalls singing in a choir in the Australian capital, Canberra, as she was growing up. Related Articles. Kennedy Space Center ...

We're winning the fight against dementia, one battle at a time Bruce Willis has it. So did the singer Tony Bennett, the actor Gene Wilder, the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson and the author E.B. White. So ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that “SuperAgers” generate twice as many new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elaine Bearer found that the microplastic clumps taken from brain samples are actually clusters of hook-shaped nanoplastics.

A new study has uncovered why some brain cells are more resistant to Alzheimer’s damage than others. Researchers found a natural cleanup system that helps remove toxic tau protein before it can form ...

Modern medicine keeps pushing the boundaries of human longevity, but one of the problems we keep slamming into is cognitive decline. Our bodies are outliving our minds, and frankly, it’s a terrifying ...

The Rio Grande Valley has one of the highest dementia rates in Texas — nearly double the national average — driven by risk factors such as cardiovascular disease.

For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group ...