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At Johns Hopkins Hospital, music therapists use stirring rhythms and soothing melodies to support patients and their families ...

I am an outspoken person,” says Shirley Manson on a Zoom call from her home in Los Angeles. “It comes naturally to me, and it ...

Could common viruses silently influence your brain health? Discover what new research reveals about herpes and dementia.

A new tool developed by researchers can estimate how fast someone is aging by analyzing a single MRI brain scan, predicting ...

The Southeast — Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi — had a 25% higher dementia diagnosis rate compared to the ...

One MRI scan can now reveal how quickly you're aging. Faster aging links to poor memory, chronic illness, and earlier death.