For the first time, the State of Global Air 2025 report quantifies how dirty air affects the brain, broadening pollution's ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers in Canada have found that retinal scans — images of the eye’s tiny blood vessels — ...

The study aimed to find out whether sex differences in healthy brain ageing explain why women are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...

She highlights some significant overlap with Alzheimer's disease, and she says her team's novel microscopy method sheds light on how microplastics that have seeped into the body could be triggering or ...

According to new research, air pollution damages brain health throughout life and is responsible for 29% of fatalities from ...

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...

A consortium of global experts released proposed updated diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID). The proposed update would revise criteria first released in 2014 by ...

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have a shorter-than-average life expectancy due to changes in muscles that affect breathing, heart activity, and other functions. However, treatment advances ...

Problems with the brain's waste clearance system could underlie many cases of dementia and help explain why poor sleep patterns and cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure increase the ...

Life expectancy in the United States can vary dramatically depending on where you live, with a new study showing nearly a nine-year gap between the top and bottom states. Hawaii came out on top, with ...

Hong Xu receives funding from the Swedish Research Council . A simple urine test could reveal your risk of developing dementia decades before symptoms appear, a new study shows. For the study, my ...

A University of New Mexico scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of dementia — damage in the brain’s tiny blood vessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to ...