Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. Now, a study ...

Science rarely hands us plot twists this dramatic—where two of the most feared diseases of our time, cancer and Alzheimer’s, ...

Doctors explain.

Swapping animal-based fats for vegetable oils is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia in older adults. Based on a long-term analysis of dietary habits, researchers found that the ...

New research reveals a "hidden circuit" in the cerebellum that helps the brain learn from mistakes. Surprisingly, big fails and errors that are "doozies" facilitate mastery.