Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have used a form of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze anatomical changes in the brain and predict Alzheimer's disease with nearly 93% accuracy.

The new generation of Alzheimer's disease drugs—the first proven to change the course of the disease—typically extend ...

A new study has found that SuperAgers also grow more neurons than other older adults groups, helping to keep their brains healthy. As we age, it’s not uncommon for the brain to change in ways that can ...

One of the most important and least resolved questions in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs) is why brain-damaging pathology emerges in later ...

A new study seems almost too good to be true: Drinking coffee may help prevent dementia. As a coffee drinker myself, I was initially skeptical of the claim. It seemed to be yet another instance of a ...

Will these people never leave us alone? Researchers have released yet another brain-health study, this one finding that people who played a speed-training video game for a mere 23 hours dramatically ...

Certain types of brain-training exercises could lower the risk of dementia by about 25%, according to new research. Researchers found the biggest benefit came from exercises focused on speed and ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research.Surprisingly, it wasn't memory or problem-solving tasks that ...

An update on a decades-long investigation has suggested that brain training can lower the risk of dementia. The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study, which ...

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), especially moderate-to-severe or repeated injuries, were associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality, with an even stronger link to dementia-related ...