Challenge your mind. Like a muscle, the brain strengthens with use. Mander suggests learning a new language, playing music, ...

"The combined amount of evidence implicates sleep in a bi-directional relationship with dementia, meaning that poor sleep ...

Fruit fly study shows high-fat diets impair memory in days by jamming the brain’s cleanup system. Damage reversed when cells’ ...

“Regular, good-quality sleep is what protects brain health,” he added. Sleep, he explained, flushes waste from the brain and solidifies memories. Poor sleep, or untreated issues like sleep apnea, can ...

Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during slow-wave sleep (while discarding others), or the deep ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition that typically affects older people and is the leading cause of ...

Reported in Neuron, the results lay the foundations for new interventions, treatments, and therapies that could potentially protect your mind in the short- and long-term, reducing your risk of ...

Memory problems affect virtually everyone at some point in their daily lives, yet people often feel embarrassed or worried when they experience these perfectly normal cognitive hiccups. The human ...

People who report early memory problems and whose partners also suspect they have memory problems have higher levels of tau tangles in the brain, a biomarker associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Many people with a family history of memory problems wonder whether they will also experience memory problems (beyond those associated with normal aging). Although there are multiple considerations in ...

The memory of 150 overweight people was tested. April 15, 2011 -- Losing weight may be more than just good for your heart. New research indicates it also can improve your memory. According to a study ...