The 2019 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report reveals that one in 10 Americans age 65 or older have Alzheimer’s disease. While researchers look…
Jack York, founder of It’s Never 2 Late (iN2L), discusses how innovative technology can improve older adults’ physical and mental well-being. Access more Being…
As a teenager, I would visit my grandmother over the summer and she was always the life of the party. She introduced me to…
Can yoga and brain games slow down or improve quality of life in people with mild memory and cognitive issues? A new study sponsored…
The anesthetic drug xenon increases life expectancy and prevents long-term cognitive impairment following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in mice, according to a new…
Reading every day may reduce dementia risk, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry in July 2018. Researchers at Hong Kong’s Elderly Health…
Some people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s may actually have a newly defined type of dementia that mimics the disease’s symptoms but is…
Most of us have experienced the beginnings of a phone scam: that stern-sounding voicemail alerting you to call the IRS immediately, the confident reassurance…
Women who spend less time in their reproductive years—those who get their period later, start menopause early or have a hysterectomy—may have a greater…
Dementia is steadily rising in the ranks of causes of death in America, according to a new report released by the National Center for…
Are you worried that your parent or grandparent is unsafe behind the wheel? Dementia affects everyone differently, but it often disrupts the motor skills…
Medical marijuana will be used to treat dementia patients in the first major trial in the U.K. The trial is funded by Alzheimer’s Research…
If we told you there was a magic pill to feel less tired, more alert and younger, you’d take it, right? What if we…
Because there is no treatment for Alzheimer’s, prevention strategies offer the best weapons we have against the disease. And now, researchers are providing a…
They found Bonnie Walker’s body floating in a pond behind her assisted living facility in South Carolina. There were puncture wounds on her ear,…