Health Alzheimer's Disease study plans to study 2,000 volunteers' brain scans and blood work to identify biomarkers of dementia-causing diseases sooner.

Updated clinical recommendations, including lifestyle changes, prevention strategies and treatment options, to reduce the risk of a first stroke have been outlined in a new guideline.

A new Macquarie University study suggests that instead of relying on the 'bible' of mental health diagnosis, we need a ...

A new study distinguishes between two distinct phases of Alzheimer's disease: an early, 'stealth' one without symptoms, and a ...

Symptoms that are sometimes diagnosed as part of dementia might actually be related to a treatable liver condition, according to a recent study. Up to 13% of patients believed to have dementia are ...

Although some people might benefit from medications, lifestyle behaviors that can help reduce stroke risk include healthy ...

Other reasons for memory loss run the gamut from untreated depression to infections and medication side effects. Although ...

The new study, lauded as “a leap beyond previous studies," found that severe infections can lead to long-term cognitive problems. In other news about the brain, the military has begun testing new ways ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has been awarded two grants by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to train graduate ...

Posterial Cortical Atrophy, sometimes called Benson’s disease, is a rare degenerative brain condition that affects the back ...

Alzheimer’s disease may damage the brain in two distinct phases, according to new research that uses advanced brain mapping ...

It began with a burning pain in her right eye. At first, Elisabeth Cohen thought she’d gotten something in it. But the next ...