The link between diabetes and dementia is becoming increasingly clear. New research shows how blood sugar problems affect ...

The brain has its own waste disposal system—known as the glymphatic system—that's thought to be more active when we sleep.

It sounds like science fiction. Scientists take ordinary skin or blood cells, rewind them to a stem-cell state, then ...

Remarkable new findings about the sugar stores in neurons have unlocked an entire new method of treating Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive decline, and it goes a long way to explaining why there ...

We all experience confusion and forgetfulness now and then. But when could it be a sign that something is seriously wrong? We ...

Women are at much greater risk of dementia than men—as many as two-thirds of people in the US with Alzheimer’s disease are women—and likely for a mix of reasons that experts are still parsing out. One ...

As life expectancy increases across the world, the challenge of keeping the brain sharp has become a central issue in public ...

Similar to Alzheimer’s disease in humans, feline cognitive dysfunction can cause senior cats to experience disorientation, ...

Scientists followed more than 2,750 healthy older adults (without known cognitive issues) for an average of six years, ...

Cats with dementia have brain changes similar to those of people with Alzheimer's disease, offering a valuable model for studying the condition in humans, a study says. Scientists discovered a ...