Dementia is a common condition in the UK, affecting an estimated 944,000 people. While it's commonly assumed to be an inevitable aspect of growing older, it is possible to take steps to reduce your ...

Things like maintaining a healthy diet free of processed foods, staying active and social, and avoiding certain medications have all been shown to help lower your dementia risk. Now, studies show that ...

Is your brain aging faster than your chronological age? New research shows it could raise your risk of death and dementia significantly—and offers promise for early intervention.

This increase in risk is associated with relatively small amounts of processed meat, equivalent to just two rashers of bacon, ...

A single, freely available, noninvasive brain scan done in just a few minutes during midlife can predict what chronic ...

A novel MRI-based ‘aging’ clock may offer a simple way to identify patients whose biological age is outpacing their ...

New University of Virginia School of Medicine research suggests an unexpected way doctors may be able to improve blood flow ...

A Finnish population study shows that signs related to Alzheimer's disease may already be found in the brain in middle age.

Education -- a proxy for cognitive reserve -- often correlates with better cognition, greater gray matter volume, improved ...

"We hope our results encourage greater consideration of the connection between diet and brain health." Beyond this, it's ...

Scientists at UCSF combined advanced brain-network modeling, genetics, and imaging to reveal how tau protein travels through ...

Some researchers have found that even mild hearing loss increases your dementia risk. Alzheimer’s UK says that those who ...