A 20-year study reveals that "speed of processing" brain training can reduce the risk of dementia by 25% in older adults.

Roughly 37% of new dementia cases in older Americans may be linked to diseases that begin outside the brain, according to a massive Medicare analysis of 20.8 m beneficiaries. That figure, known as the ...

As dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases become more common worldwide, researchers are searching urgently for ways to ...

A new study suggests that cognitive training may reduce dementia risk. This is the first study to examine long-term links between brain training and dementia risk. Cognitive training and healthy ...

Activities like learning a new language as a child or reading, writing, and playing board games later in life all had an impact on Alzheimer’s risk.

Over nearly 8 years of follow-up, each 1-point increase in lifetime cognitive enrichment correlated with a 38% lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia (HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.52-0.73), reported Andrea Zammit, ...

A natural compound found in Aloe vera shows potential to block two key Alzheimer’s enzymes, offering a promising lead for future treatment.

Extra body weight may raise the risk of dementia later in life, as researchers identify blood pressure as a major pathway to brain health.

The FDA has lifted longstanding and the most severe warnings off of hormone replacement therapies for menopausal women.

Those without a known genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease who ate more than 50 grams of full-fat cheese per day — roughly a ...

Collaborative Alzheimer’s care improved quality of life and saved billions when scaled nationwide, outperforming the antiamyloid drug lecanemab, results of a new cost analysis suggest.

A new diagnostic test developed by Indianapolis medical giants can help identify or rule out Alzheimer’s in patients with ...