Older adults struggling to follow conversations in noisy rooms may be showing the earliest signs of cognitive decline, not ...

Misplaced your keys again? Blanked on the name of your neighbor's dog? Don't panic: Occasional forgetfulness is a normal part of aging. But if you have a sneaking suspicion that your memory lapses ...

For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder ...

Age is the greatest known risk factor for dementia — though it seems to go beyond the number of candles on the birthday cake. New research out of the UK reports that biological age, the age of our ...

The eyes might truly be windows to the brain’s health, according to fascinating new research published in Scientific Reports. Scientists have discovered that simple vision sensitivity tests could ...

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A new blood test could determine a woman’s dementia risk as early as 25 years before symptoms emerge. That’s according to new research from the University of California San Diego, which found that a ...

A new study highlights a link between walking faster in later life and a roughly 50% lower risk of cognitive decline, ...

Alarms bells started ringing when Nick Brake couldn't remember simple things, but he passed the NHS's test, which experts say ...

Ambitious studies have been examining the protective effects of diet, exercise and socializing — with surprising results.

President Donald Trump’s late-night claim that a “perfect” score on a cognitive test proved his “extreme intelligence” drew swift pushback from a prominent medical expert, who noted that the exam is ...

Health chiefs must act now to allow millions of people to benefit from “statins for the brain”, scientists say.