Your walking speed in middle age can be a good predictor of your health in later life.
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Many people are questioning whether Joe Biden is up for the job of running for president again based on a series of recent verbal stumbles.
Decision-making abilities are critical to a president’s performance.
The traditional Japanese diet contains plenty of rice, fish, pickles, green tea, soybeans, miso and shiitake mushrooms.
Middle age could be a period when we can detect early risk factors of future cognitive decline.
A new study suggests that talking speed is a more important indicator of brain health than difficulty finding words.
A daily fibre supplement improved brain function in twins over 65s in just 12 weeks.
This study shows at least two different mechanisms lead to cognitive decline – both in healthy people and people with Alzheimer’s.
A meta-analysis of 34 studies has explored how disordered screen use may impact the cognitive performance of individuals.
Does being bilingual protect against Alzheimer’s? Can it help slow cognitive decline? There is clear evidence that it causes beneficial and long-lasting changes in the brain.
Dementia does not manifest solely as a memory problem. People with dementia can also experience issues with learning, comprehension and judgement, but they may also experience changes in behaviour.
Publicly funded primary and home care should be accessible to all older adults, regardless of where they live.
The drug has been hailed as a ‘turning point’ in Alzheimer’s treatment. But keep in mind the trial only included participants with early or mild disease. And while it slowed decline, it’s not a cure.
No, we shouldn’t all rush out to buy multivitamin supplements. Here’s what this new study actually found.
Physical ailments and deteriorated health may be the one area in which politicians can escape scrutiny.
Setting up AI-free ‘sanctuaries’ could allow us to reap the technology’s benefits while offering vital safeguards to our cognitive capacities and privacy.
But it could still save you from dementia.
Delirium is a clinical syndrome or condition that is usually temporary and treatable. But it’s often missed.
Alzheimer’s disease in young adults is a rare yet growing phenomenon.
Researchers are trying to understand whether ultraprocessed foods erode brain health in the aging process.
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