The brain’s neuromodulatory system produces brain chemicals that impact mood, learning, attention, responsiveness, and memory ...

Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major global healthcare challenge. This is, in part, due to the lack of treatment response and chronic course of MDD. Such a course of illness is ...

Cognitive reserve is a concept that has piqued researchers' interest since the 1980s for its potential to buffer against cognitive decline due to aging or ...

Of the 258 participants, 195 were cognitively asymptomatic, 34 had mild cognitive impairment, 23 had dementia, and six had an ...

A 14-month randomized trial in older African American adults with obesity found that adopting a Mediterranean diet, with or ...

A major study suggests that smoking could be one of the most powerful lifestyle habits affecting how quickly our thinking skills decline with age. The research, led by scientists at University College ...

A blood test for insulin resistance (a hallmark of diabetes) may offer clues about the speed of memory loss for people with early Alzheimer’s disease.

The nationwide study, published in BMC Public Health, followed adults aged 60 and older for four years. Those with stronger baseline grip strength scored higher on cognitive tests measuring memory ...

Screening outcomes: Among 1,808 tests, 44.3% were categorized as unimpaired, 36.5% as borderline, and 13.7% as impaired. During follow-up within 90 days for the impaired group, 2.1% received a new ...

“If you look at the test, it’s pretty hard to see how you could not score a 30 [out of 30],” a Washington Post piece explained in early 2018, adding, “Yes, Trump passed with flying colors ...