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.
Many of us turn to Sudoku, Wordle or brain-training apps to sharpen our minds. But research is increasingly showing one of the best ways…
It can be hard to tell the difference between someone who’s sleeping and someone who’s resting their eyes. But sleeping isn’t just rest —…
Stress is an unavoidable part of life, and with it comes cortisol — a hormone often vilified as a driver of anxiety, sleep disruption,…
Eleven years after Dr. Miia Kivipelto’s landmark FINGER trial demonstrated that lifestyle changes can help protect the brain, researchers continue to discover how the…
Screens are everywhere in modern society. The smartphones we carry in our pockets. Our laptop computers. Televisions. Car dashboards. Even many grocery stores now…
Our cognition and mental wellbeing are crucial factors for our quality of life and put us in a good position to contribute to society….
Decades after the 1918 flu pandemic, epidemiologists discovered that survivors were up to three times as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. This wasn’t a…
Women were historically excluded from medical research. The move was originally intended to keep them safe — but in a way, it did the…
Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens…
Long COVID, a baffling constellation of physical symptoms that may persist long after a bout of COVID-19, can strike almost every system in the…
There’s currently no cure for dementia. Although some recently developed drugs show promise in slowing the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, these are both costly…
In 1907, a Belgian chemist named Leo Baekelend developed a revolutionary new material that would soon become a hallmark of the modern era: fully…
Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65 – more than 4 percent – have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis,…
Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive…
As the global population ages, understanding the variability in cognitive aging becomes increasingly important. Why do some individuals remain cognitively sharp while others experience…