Taking longer to drift into the dreaming phase – known as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep – could be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, potentially opening up new ways to diagnose and treat the ...

One recent analysis found that, over the course of three years, people taking semaglutide (the compound in Ozempic and the weight loss drug Wegovy) were about 40 to 70 percent less likely to be ...

Visiting friends, attending parties and going to church may help keep your brain healthy, according to research conducted at ...

In Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, researchers at Rush University suggest that maintaining a healthy brain depends on regular social interaction.

A program that provides palliative care to people with dementia and their caregivers lowered the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations by approximately half in about a year, a new ...

Social seniors show dramatic cognitive advantages in new study In a nutshell Older adults who maintained active social lives developed dementia approximately 5 years later than their less social peers ...

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing man who suffers from cognitive issues.

FOX Carolina's Kari Beal sits down with Beth Sulkowski from the South Carolina chapter of the Alzheimer's Association to ...

New research uncovers how declining protein clearance mechanisms with age lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other ...

It is inevitable that our brains shrink as we grow older. However, with healthy habits, age-related cognitive changes can be ...

When questioned about additional measures to ward off dementia, Dr D'Abreu advised: "Exercise is a big one. There is no magic ...