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

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 ...

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive diagnostic that predicts a person's stage of dementia based on neurovascular and metabolic changes. They ...

Dance program increased oxytocin levels and strengthened brain connectivity in older adults with cognitive decline, an early dementia risk stage.

Primary care providers have a major role in dementia care, but resources can help at every stage of the process, according to ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

Medical experts warn that "obsessive" food fixations and behavioral changes during meals can precede memory loss in certain ...

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