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The early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia can be subtle — at times, imperceptible to the person experiencing them. Forgetfulness or struggling with…
Researchers have long known that brain tumors, specifically a type of tumor called a glioma, can affect a person’s cognitive and physical function. Patients…
Everyone knows someone that looks substantially younger than their actual age. Take actor Keanu Reeves, for example. Some might say he looks about as…
Almost 50 million Americans each year use some form of cannabis. In the 1920s, the drug was vilified because of recreational use by Mexican…
A matter of days before my mom died, my therapist told me there was no more fight to be had, nothing more to be…
For a portion of people who get COVID, symptoms continue for months or even years after the initial infection. This is commonly referred to…
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I first saw the briefcase-sized computer monitor at the Alzheimer’s Association’s conference last summer in San Diego. Tom O’Neill, the president of a company…
Oliver Baumann and Cindy Jones, brain health researchers at Bond University in Australia, discuss memory loss and the aging brain. You’ve driven home from work…
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For thousands of years, people have told myths about fountains, concoctions, and elixirs with incredible rejuvenating powers. The myth has persisted into modernity, the…
Research presented at AAIC found that people whose diets are full of junk food developed cognitive decline faster than those with healthier eating habits….
Two years into the pandemic, researchers are still figuring out what’s going on inside the heads of COVID-19 survivors. From brain fog, to neurologically…
To treat many common bacterial infections, a short course of antibiotics is often prescribed. But in the case of chronic conditions — such as…