Free social and fitness sessions are being launched across Fenland. The new additions to Fenland District Council's Active Fenland programme include beginner hockey and cricket, a couch-to-5k course, ...

Last year, a landmark study suggested almost half of dementia could be prevented by tackling 14 lifestyle factors, but Dr ...

A new study suggests that increasing physical activity between the ages of 45 and 65 could help protect the brain and reduce ...

Dear Readers: It’s mid-year, already! That means it's time for my semi-annual column featuring elder-friendly products, services and technology. I mostly use product websites, but sometimes Amazon is ...

Hearing aids dramatically improve a person's social engagement and reduce feelings of isolation or loneliness, based on ...

Perhaps you remember Van Dyke, who hopes to turn 100 on Dec. 13. He starred in the CBS sitcom “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (1961-66) and in movie musicals “Bye Bye Birdie” (1963), “Mary Poppins” (1964) ...

To deny this as self-indulgence is to misread not just the emotional landscape of dementia, but its existential core: the ...

A new study has found that people can lower their risk for dementia through exercise and, the more exercise, the lower the ...

Physical activity is another natural way to manage dementia symptoms. Exercise increases blood flow to the brain, helps with ...

From forgetting why you’ve gone upstairs to mixing up names, here’s how to tell when a cognitive blip is something more ...

The manner in which someone uses the stairs could be a telltale sign of dementia. This lesser-known symptom might suggest ...

The study’s researchers concluded that strength training ‘‘mitigates some of the damage caused by such chronic diseases, ...