Diet, exercise, brain games, even using your non-dominant hand can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

Being overweight as a child could increase the risk of dementia in old age, a study by Oxford University suggests ...

DEMENTIA risk may start accumulating as early as childhood, experts have warned. A child’s body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and physical activity levels have been linked to changes in ...

Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed up to a decade earlier after the world’s biggest study of proteins is completed. The ...

Scientists have previously shown health in mid-life affects your risk of poor brain health in later years but Oxford University researchers have now found evidence that the seeds may be sown much earl ...

Having an unhealthy childhood appears to lead to changes to parts of the brain which have been linked with dementia.

Largest ever protein study set to revolutionise cancer and dementia tests - Tens of millions of pounds in investment is being ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) added to tai chi chuan exercise improved sleep and cognition in older adults who had both sleep disorders and mild cognitive impairment, a ...

More than a hundred years ago, gunmakers devised a way to prevent this type of accident from ever happening. A small metal piece known as a magazine disconnect keeps a pistol from firing if the ...

Winter weather conditions — colder temperatures, snow, ice and early darkness — can be potentially dangerous and even ...