A longitudinal study found that loneliness is more closely linked to lapses in immediate and delayed recall than to the ...

In a large ASPREE and ASPREE-XT nested case-control study of older adults without prior cardiovascular disease, people who ...

Arizonan Bob Ehlers was diagnosed with Alzheimer's six years ago and works to keep it at bay. Here are some of his tips.

The tides are changing in our understanding of old age. For a long time, behavioural scientists have thought that old age is associated with cognitive decline. This includes ideas like brains falling ...

In this figure, an intestinal immune cell detects medium-chain fatty acids produced by aging gut bacteria through the GPR84 receptor, releasing inflammatory molecules that block signaling along the ...

A Lancet report found that those who quit smoking in midlife have a lower risk of severe cognitive decline in old age. Let's learn more about this. With advancing age, a person's physical strength and ...

A rare group of adults over 80, known as SuperAgers, are rewriting what we thought was possible for the aging brain. With memory abilities comparable to people decades younger, their brains either ...

A new study published this week in the Lancet Journal of Health Longevity is reinforcing the negative effects of smoking on cognitive health and offering new evidence to support quitting among seniors ...

It's well known that alcohol consumption is an age-old method for coping with stress. But surprising? research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that, when such self-medication ...