What factors affect our brain health? What can we do to protect our brains from premature aging, cognitive decline, and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia? Scientists, doctors, patients and caregivers share insights here about brain health.
We’ve been told that poor sleep interrupts the brain’s natural process of eliminating waste and calibrating memory, but a new study by researchers at…
A new mice study suggests that the Chinese herb Yang-Xue-Qing Nao has the potential to target and reduce Alzheimer’s pathology. Yang-Xue-Qing Nao (YXQN) is…
Research indicates that a severe vitamin D deficiency could double dementia risk. A study of over a thousand people across Europe has found that…
More than half of people over 85 in the U.S. live alone and scientists are starting to unravel how this could be contributing to…
After decades of failed drug trials, scientists are turning their attention to lifestyle interventions, as they look for ways to battle dementia. In a recent…