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In two Indigenous communities living preindustrial lifestyles in the Bolivian Amazon, dementia is remarkably uncommon. However, a new longitudinal study reveals why earlier estimates told only part of ...
It’s NFL season again. In the Minnesota Vikings’ first game of the season, quarterback Kyler Murray’s debut run made it just 11 plays before a violent shoulder to the right side of his helmet sent him ...
Dementia symptoms progress in multiple stages of preclinical, mild, moderate, and severe without following a strict linear path. Now a recently published study in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia, ...
People with type 2 diabetes already face a higher risk of heart disease and stroke, but they are also more likely to develop problems with memory and thinking as they grow older. New research suggests ...
Scientists are finding new clues about why some people’s brains may age faster than others. A new study from UCLA Health suggests that bacteria living in the gut, along with chemicals produced or ...
When Marita Long and her husband decided to venture into small-scale regenerative farming, she didn’t realise just how good it would be for her brain health.
Repeated blows to the head can leave lasting damage in the brain, even when each individual hit does not cause a clear concussion. Scientists have long been concerned about this problem in people who ...
New neurotechnology could eventually help people who have lost speech faculties due to stroke or brain conditions ...
Scientists have discovered that the brain’s short-range wiring may help protect cognition even as gray matter shrinks with age. Healthier connections just beneath the brain’s surface were linked to ...
New blood tests that might predict Alzheimer’s years before symptoms begin may sound tantalizing for people who worry about later-in-life dementia. But doctors say they aren’t quite ready ...
Certain fruits, including berries, citrus, and pomegranates, contain nutrients that improve cognitive health. The darker the fruit, the more brain-healthy nutrients it may have.
Google Research mapped a male fruit fly’s brain, and it only took a few days for modders to start making it play Doom.
A major new British study has found a surprising difference in Alzheimer’s rates among women taking it, but the evidence is far from clear ...
Looking to lower your risk of Alzheimer’s? It doesn’t involve a blood test - A diagnosis can help people with early-stage Alzheimer’s qualify for drugs ...
New blood tests are helping doctors diagnose whether Alzheimer’s or something else is causing a patient’s memory problems ...
Imagine telling someone to walk every day when their neighborhood has no safe footpaths, or asking an older person to stay socially connected when they have poor transport and few local services. The ...
A podcast helping people understand dementia has been shortlisted for two categories at this year's British Podcast Awards. The Dementia Perspective, produced by Guernsey Alzheimer's Association and ...
Without thinking about it, most people default to using their dominant hand when picking up a fork or mug, as they do when picking up a pen or pencil. Using your non-dominant hand isn’t going to lower ...
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Advice about preventing dementia often sounds simple: exercise, eat healthy food, stay socially active and look after conditions such as high blood pressure. These steps can be useful, but new ...
A small trial linked daily tomato paste to modest gains in attention and memory, along with subtle changes in brain-network activity.
A large analysis found that voice disorders are linked to a risk of cognitive decline — and they're more common than you might assume.
New research links early menopause to faster memory decline—here is what a menopause expert says.
Portugal has emerged as a compelling destination for neuroscience research and clinical trial activity, driven by regulatory efficiency, experienced research centers, and growing patient recruitment ...
New research has found social and environmental dementia risk factors are largely ignored in prevention strategies. Image credit: Ground Picture / Shutterstock ...
Brain Canada is launching BRAINS NEED HEARTS, a new national awareness campaign designed to spark conversation about the importance of brain research and the vital role Canadians play in supporting ...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have demonstrated a new approach to brain imaging that enables continuous monitoring of brain activity and the physiologic changes associated with neurological ...
Brain tumors develop within an organ that changes substantially with age. A new review in Ageing and Cancer Research & Treatment examines evidence that the aging brain microenvironment may influence ...
Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, gives researchers a powerful way to study brain activity. But the scans can be incredibly noisy for patients and research subjects, with peak sound ...
People with worsening voice quality — changes in pitch, clarity, loudness — who aren’t suffering from hearing loss have a 58% greater risk of cognitive impairment and dementia, researchers reported ...
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