A RAND Corporation study pinpointed several unexpected predictors at age 60 that will likely lead to dementia later on. Researcher Peter Hudomiet and expert Dr. Marcie Smith discuss the health ...

New research suggests Alzheimer's drugs may improve cognition by increasing Aβ42 levels rather than just reducing plaques, ...

The federal Food & Drug Administration has approved two new Alzheimer’s medications that can offer people more time to live ...

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A board-certified spinal neurosurgeon in NYC has shared his mother's recipe for brain health.Here’s some food for thought. Dr ...

Higher or lower levels of certain proteins in your blood appear to indicate if your brain's age is older than your actual age ...

A neurosurgeon has shared a number of simple lifestyle measures that can help keep your brain healthy, and reduce the risk of ...

For spouses who care for a partner with Alzheimer’s disease, every day brings a different battle and a new challenge. Every ...

Alzheimer’s disease may cause degeneration of neurons in the brain through amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, inflammation, and brain atrophy. The condition may affect different parts of ...

Frontotemporal dementia, affecting about 3% of dementia patients in Sweden, is characterized by a loss of empathy that ...

Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy individuals when they witness the ...

A team from the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has conducted the largest characterization of ...