A new review of 44 years worth of data from Sweden found that women with more years of fertility had two thirds higher risk…
Simulations and experiments show how infrared laser irradiation could destroy the harmful protein clumps and tangles that indicate Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is one of the…
Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects people of color. So, why is the research so white? “This labor cannot just be on the backs of Black,…
The cognitive health of adults aged 50 or older has traditionally improved from one generation to another. American Baby Boomers mark the first reversal…
A new study found that PTSD increases dementia risk by 61 percent — findings that are especially pertinent for soldiers and veterans, and new…
“He’d waited decades to argue his innocence. She was a judge who believed in second chances. No one knew she suffered from Alzheimer’s.” The…
There is a village in France where nearly all of the residents are living with Alzheimer’s. And that is all part of the plan….
Increasingly, scientists have looked to the eye for clues to Alzheimer’s. Past studies have taken all angles, from identifying links between beta-amyloid clumps in…
Persistent worrying — which cognitive scientists call repetitive negative thinking — may speed up cognitive decline. It might also make people more susceptible to…
A new study finds that toxic proteins from a mutated gene stimulate the clumping of TDP-43, the protein thought to cause FTD and ALS…
Recently, a theory surfaced online that President Donald Trump’s trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center last November was prompted by his experiencing…
A study published this month in Neurology confirmed prior findings that a certain type of drug — anticholinergics — can be problematic, especially for…
The NFL considers concussions serious injuries, but that has not always been the case. Now, Black players who sustained repeated brain injuries during their…
Published this week in the journal JAMA Neurology, a new study from researchers at Boston University School of Public Health estimates that 13.6% of…
We know that education and cognitive health are closely linked, but a new study from researchers at the University of Southern Australia — aided…