Could Bottling Up Stress Fuel Cognitive Decline?
(© nuiiko – stock.adobe.com) In A Nutshell Older Chinese Americans who tend to keep stress, hopelessness, and self-doubt…
Special von Economo neurons may hold key to super-sharp memory in 80+ superagers
A 25-year study of ‘superagers’ reveals the brain and lifestyle factors that help some older adults defy typical…
Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia
The researchers used the policy change as a natural laboratory of sorts to study the effect of shingles…
This One Surprising Exercise Cuts Dementia Risk by 88 Percent, Study Finds
This One Surprising Exercise Cuts Dementia Risk by 88 Percent, Study Finds originally appeared on Men’s Fitness. If…
Alzheimer’s research reaches a critical tipping point
One-third of people older than 85 in the United States are estimated to live with Alzheimer’s disease today,…
Uncovering the secrets of ‘SuperAgers’ and cognitive longevity
For 25 years, scientists at Northwestern Medicine have been studying individuals aged 80 and older – dubbed “SuperAgers”…
Scientists map the genes behind diet and dementia risk
Scientists reveal a new genetic resource from the MIND diet trial, opening the door to precision nutrition strategies…
Alzheimer’s risk factors look different for men and women
A study of over 6000 patients shows how Alzheimer’s risk is shaped by sex and age of onset,…
Dementia Diagnosis Takes an Average of 3 Years: New Data
TOPLINE: The average time to diagnosis (TTD) of dementia was 3.5 years in a new meta-analysis, with younger…
Researchers discover amyloid protein buildup in bone marrow of aging mice
A recent study led by a team of researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine examining…
New research unveils vast influence of B vitamins on health and disease
Eight essential nutrients make up the suite of B vitamins also known as the B complex. Researchers from…
Can Preventing, Treating Herpes Reduce Dementia Risk?
Mounting evidence points to a connection between dementia and common herpes virus infections, particularly herpes simplex virus type…