Half a million Americans will be diagnosed with dementia this year. That represents a 42% jump in the risk that someone age 55 or older will develop the life-altering condition. In fact, an ...

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A groundbreaking study published in the medical journal Neurology has revealed a critical link between feeling excessively sleepy during daylight hours and a pre-dementia condition known as motoric ...

Cognition is the cornerstone of human potential, enabling knowledge acquisition, processing information, solving problems, and finding meaning. By sharpening cognitive skills—reasoning, ...

Sporadic recreational use of magic mushrooms and LSD does not damage memory or attention, a new study finds. Instead, young adults who occasionally use classic psychedelics display a distinct ...

New research shows that poor air quality could be causing cognitive problems in babies and toddlers. A new study reveals an association between poor air quality in India and impaired cognition in ...

Survey data showed that a third of Parkinson's patients reported a cognitive symptom soon after diagnosis. Most common were problems with memory, language or word finding, and concentration or ...

Screening for cognitive impairment and referring people for outpatient cognitive evaluation in the emergency department is feasible due to the high percentage of patients who are ultimately diagnosed ...

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has found no ...

A group of studies, all conducted independently, have reached a similar sobering conclusion: sleep problems—including several common sleep difficulties faced by millions of people on a regular ...

A new study shows that although postoperative cognitive dysfunction can occur following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), it is transient, and patients recover completely within a year.