Two decades after the Women’s Health Initiative study, evolving research on menopause hormone therapy is shedding new light on women’s brain health.

A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, ...

Dementia is a group of disorders that gradually impair memory, thinking and daily functioning. Alzheimer's disease (AD), the ...

A new study found that several risk factors at age 60 may be strong predictors of dementia and cognitive impairment later in life. The report, published earlier this month by the nonprofit research ...

A new study from long-running U.S. cohort data suggest that even mild hearing loss could influence how the brain ages.

Contributors from the Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing outline dietary strategies that can help preserve cognitive ...

High physical activity in midlife and late life is linked with a significantly lower risk for dementia, a new study has found.

As people age, frailty starts to creep in. Falls are more damaging and take longer to heal, muscles weaken, walking slows. And on top of physical frailty, people can also become “socially frail” as ...

A few years ago, Janice Rogers of Belchertown, Mass., made a decision many adult children dread. Her mother, Rita, was then 91, living alone in her mobile home, and her health was going downhill. "I ...

Listening to music after the age of 70 appears to be associated with a meaningful reduction in dementia risk. A research team from Monash University analyzed data from more than 10,800 older adults ...

People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by University College London researchers. Troponin is ...