A growing body of research now points to a handful of ordinary habits that could push back the onset of Alzheimer’s disease ...

Dementia has long been framed as an inevitable byproduct of aging, something to be managed rather than meaningfully delayed. A sprawling clinical trial of older adults now challenges that assumption, ...

Researchers tracked more than 2,800 older adults for 20 years to assess whether brain-training exercises could lower the risk of dementia.

A long-running study following thousands of older adults suggests that a relatively brief period of targeted brain training ...

Forget crossword puzzles. New government-backed research suggests an “unconscious” brain exercise may do more to shield aging minds from dementia better than old-school memory games. “This study gives ...

A 20-year follow-up of the ACTIVE study found that older adults who did speed-based cognitive training, especially with later booster sessions, were less likely to receive a dementia diagnosis, ...

A lifetime of engaging with language and the written word – including reading books, writing, and learning languages – could ...

Board games have made a massive comeback in the past decade. And researchers are discovering that board games are not only fun, they may also benefit our brains, especially as we age. The global board ...

About half of dementia cases are potentially preventable – even if it runs in your family. In this episode, host Cristina Quinn talks with Laura Baker of the U.S. POINTER study and Monica Parker about ...