To help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease, people should take a brisk walk each day, limit their TV time and do a crossword puzzle instead.

Adopt these habits to cut your risk. Aug. 28, 2013— -- intro: "You may be able to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease by a whopping 70 to 80 percent," says Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the ...

This image shows average tau buildup in the brain using PI-2620. The tracer uptake in different regions is measured by a quantitative method called Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR), helping ...

In A Nutshell Protective “nets” around neurons in the brain’s CA2 region disintegrate in Alzheimer’s mice, coinciding ...

Researchers in Japan discovered that Parkinson’s patients diagnosed in their 80s are far more likely to show signs of amyloid buildup, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, even without dementia symptoms. The ...

Claudia Cooper receives funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Dementia and Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit (NIHR206110) and is supported by an NIHR Senior ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Several recent publications have discussed creatine’s value for brain health due to its potential to primarily boost brain metabolism and, possibly, to improve the immune system. As it relates to ...

Gefei Chen is also affiliated with Uppsala University. Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for between 60% ...

Share on Pinterest New research suggests that HIV drugs may have a protective effect against Alzheimer’s. Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images Researchers at UVA Health have found that a class of HIV drugs ...