Comparing six diets, a new study found that the DASH diet in particular showed the strongest link to helping lower cognitive decline risk and better cognitive function with age.

One midlife plan showed the best brain health measures later in life ...

Tau proteins act like the brain's maintenance crew, helping maintain the structure and proper function of brain cells. In ...

A long-term study of Brazilian adults found that higher intake of several widely used artificial sweeteners was linked to faster cognitive decline, especially in people under 60 and those with ...

Other healthy diets also lowered the risk of brain decline by 24%, to 11%, the study found. Vegetables, fruits, fish, wine, ...

The association didn't seem significant among the over-60s in a study.

While neurogenesis—the growth of new brain cells—typically slows with age, superagers produce new neurons in the hippocampus at twice the rate of healthy older adults. In contrast, individuals with ...

After 65, Reading And Puzzles May Do More For Your Mind Than The Gym, Study Suggests In A Nutshell Exercise on its own had no ...

Researchers have found that both grandmothers and grandfathers who provide care show higher verbal fluency and episodic memory than matched non-caregivers. However, longitudinal analyses revealed ...

Superagers, 80 and 90-year-olds with extraordinary cognitive function, have been found to have a unique genetic profile that allows their brains to cope with the aging process, producing up to two ...