Diabetes and tooth loss speed up cognitive decline
A growing connection among diabetes, tooth loss, and dementia highlights the importance of dental care and diabetes management as you age.
Food insecurity can speed older adults’ cognitive decline
Older adults who don’t have enough food to eat may experience cognitive decline equivalent to being as much as 4.5 year older.
Compound in blood plasma may predict dementia risk
Low levels of ergothioneine, a diet-derived compound in blood plasma, may help identify older adults at risk of developing dementia.
Exercise, mindfulness don’t boost healthy older adults’ cognition
Exercise and mindfulness don’t improve the cognitive function of healthy older adults, a large study finds.
Electrodes to probe synapses in pursuit of dreams
Researchers have taken a step toward understanding how human thoughts and dreams emerge from electrical pulses in the brain’s trillions of synapses.
App may help people with MS ward off cognitive decline
A new app in development may help people with multiple sclerosis stave off the cognitive decline that can come with the disease.
App may help people with MS ward off cognitive decline
A new app in development may help people with multiple sclerosis stave off the cognitive decline that can come with the disease.
Kids with HIV have higher risk of neurological problems
Kids with HIV do worse in neurological tests even when their disease is controlled. Better nutrition and antiretroviral therapies may help.
Try it: Map rates how well your neighborhood protects cognition
Does your neighborhood protect your cognitive health as you age? A new interactive map can help you find out.
Low muscle mass linked to cognitive decline
A new study highlights the importance of muscle mass as an independent factor linked with rapid cognitive decline in older adults.