A new 20-year study shows it’s possible to prevent an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. These results should usher in a new age in which dementia is seen as a preventable chronic condition.

Computer-based cognitive training that mimics quickly completing tasks with divided attention tied to a reduced likelihood of receiving a dementia diagnosis decades later ...

The research found that older adults who completed a specific speed-training exercise were significantly less likely to develop dementia. Others aren't so sure.

A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has discovered that early and sustained ...

In January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, an international nonmedical spotlight shone on brain health. Is the New Brain Economy the most valuable currency we have?

The increased size of, and lesser blood supply to, a key brain structure in patients with Long COVID tracks with known blood ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...

From humming and ice baths to medical implants, the vagus nerve is everywhere. But what does it actually do and can you ...

A Steinway Spirio player piano can capture every detail of a performance and reproduce it, keystroke for keystroke. In ...

Even a modest amount of mental exercise appears to reduce the risk of dementia for decades. NPR's John Hamilton reports on a new study of people who did a specific type of cognitive training more than ...