A 20-year study shows that a specific type of brain training can cut dementia risk. Here's why it works.

Experts say that keeping your brain healthy doesn't require radical changes. Instead, they recommend focusing on these everyday habits.

(PIKSEL/iStockphoto/Getty Images) Dozing off in your armchair in the middle of the afternoon is one of life's simple pleasures. But depending on how often you find yourself doing it, those daytime naps could be a warning sign of worsening cognitive health,

Fourteen modifiable risk factors that contribute to dementia have been identified. These can be mitigated by adopting healthier lifestyles.

The five-factor dementia risk score can identify older adults at higher risk, addressing a gap left by existing prediction tools, which have so far largely been developed using data from high-income countries.

Sleep can influence physical and mental health and is linked to conditions from heart disease and stroke to depression and obesity. And a new study published September 21 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has provided further insights into ...

More than 30 people are finding connection, friendship and a sense of belonging through music at the Dementia-Friendly Choir of Sheboygan. “It's made up of people who have dementia. It's for people also who are caregivers,

I was really excited about [working with] Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart and Kelsey Grammer. To be able to work with the three of them – those are three actors I've admired, legendary actors that I've always wanted to work with,