"We measured the thickness of the cerebral cortex in 50,000 locations," said Rahayel. "Although the individuals did not yet present kidney disease, we could already see that kidney function was ...

Brain atrophy tends to begin in your 30s and 40s, but certain lifestyle changes can slow or even reverse shrinkage.

A new study reveals that a healthy lifestyle does not lower dementia risk in individuals carrying two APOE ε4 alleles.

With dementia cases expected to nearly triple worldwide by 2050, researchers are increasingly focused on identifying ways to ...

While some brain changes with age are normal, experiencing a decline in cognitive health as you age isn't inevitable.  As we ...

Women are far more likely than men to end up with Alzheimer's disease (AD). This may, at least partially, be due to women's longer average lifespans, but many scientists think there is probably more ...

A long-term brain imaging study in aging adults showed faster rates of atrophy in certain brain structures to be associated with the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI). While some ...

A groundbreaking long-term MRI study at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheba shows that lower accumulation of abdominal (visceral) fat is linked with a significant slowing of brain ...

Huntington disease is a rare, inherited brain disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells, leading to worsening movement ...