Alcohol use is also linked to cognitive decline, and a recent study published in the journal Neurology found that consuming a ...

Over 6 million Americans are impacted by Alzheimer's disease, and researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and ...

A new study has highlighted the complex emotions and ethical dilemmas of learning your future risk of Alzheimer's disease.

More than 6 million Americans have dementia, which affects memory, language and problem-solving skills. Several lifestyle ...

Growing daytime sleepiness might be more than just fatigue for women in their 80s. New research links increasing drowsiness to double the risk of developing dementia.

Diabetes and hypertension could have a domino effect for future health problems like dementia—especially for Black Americans, ...

Faster biological aging—even in younger adults—may significantly raise dementia risk, according to a 14-year study of 280,000 ...

There are currently two main theories about what causes Alzheimer’s. The first theory, which has been the focus of research ...

Receiving this vaccine could lower your risk of dementia by as much as 20%, and doctors already recommend it for adults over ...

Multiple studies have found connections between the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia risk. One of the most compelling ...

Older adults vaccinated against herpes zoster, or shingles, had a reduced risk of developing dementia, over a period of 7 years.

In this study, those who had the Zostavax vaccine had a 3.5% point reduction in a new dementia diagnosis over seven years, ...