Sitting might be a comfortable and convenient way to spend much of your day, but a new study of older adults suggests it can lead to brain shrinkage and cognitive issues, irrespective of how much ...

NASHVILLE — Are you reading this while lounging on your couch? You might want to stand up. New research shows that too much sitting could damage your brain, regardless of your exercise habits. A study ...

If only there were a way to reverse or even just stop the aging process. Sadly that will probably never be a thing (no matter what that one weird billionaire says), but one expert insisted that we ...

On brain scans, these people show less brain shrinkage than would be expected at their stage of life and, because of this, may be more protected against developing dementia. The scientists who studied ...

Someone recently told me that aging is all about shrinking. It is true, as most of us know, that we lose height as our spinal cords compress with too many years of standing upright. There are those ...

The human brain requires constant nourishment to maintain its complex network of billions of neurons, yet certain foods actively work against optimal brain function. While most people focus on foods ...

Researchers are delving into structural changes in the brain during the midlife transition. During menopause, women can experience forgetfulness, brain fog, and other cognitive symptoms. Over the ...

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain’s neuronal connections and, as a result, in signal transmission between neurons. For the first time, DZNE researchers have observed an ...

* Prolonged sitting accelerates brain shrinkage, especially in memory-related areas * Physical activity alone doesn't undo the damage of excessive //sitting * APOE- (and) #949;4 gene carriers face ...

Mark Twain said, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When it comes to brain health, minding does matter. It may seem hard to believe, but after age 30, our ...