Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

When doctors suspect Alzheimer's, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient's brain contains the sticky amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease. But the results of that test ...

Researchers say a simple blood test could help flag which older women face a higher risk of dementia long before any symptoms ...

Do you ever wonder about your brain health? Especially as we start to get older, it can be very easy to start questioning if our brains are in top working order — those moments we all have of ...

Memory doesn’t live only in the brain. Scientists are uncovering signs that cells throughout the body can remember, too. These findings are starting to challenge old ideas about how and where memory ...

Reaction time reflects brain processing speed; simple tests like the ruler drop can reveal attention, coordination, and early ...