New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

Even one fall by an older adult is just as accurate in predicting cognitive decline as individuals with elevated amyloid, the Alzheimer's brain protein considered the gold standard for gauging ...

Many people ignore symptoms of hearing loss, but left untreated, it can increase both mental strain and dementia risk.

A new comedic play and a 20-year neurology study explore what we can do to prevent dementia and cognitive decline.

Brain training reduces dementia risk by 25% over 20 years, long-term study finds. Cognitive speed training shows lasting ...

After new research into so called "super agers," neurogenesis, and Alzheimer's was published in a major journal, ABC4 spoke to one of the researchers to understand what it might mean for you.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades.

A long-running study following thousands of older adults suggests that a relatively brief period of targeted brain training may have effects that last decades.

Dementia is an umbrella term to describe cognitive (thinking) problems that are severe enough to affect everyday life. There ...

Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.

Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains ...

Subtle changes in how blood flows through the brain and how brain tissue uses oxygen may be closely linked to Alzheimer's ...