New Study Finds Deep Sleep Washes Your Brain & May Prevent Alzheimer’s
Yes, deep sleep is essential for preventing Alzheimer’s – and this new study provides a better explanation as to why.
Yes, deep sleep is essential for preventing Alzheimer’s – and this new study provides a better explanation as to why.
After a string of drug failures, researchers are looking beyond amyloid as a target
Diet, physical exercise, strong mental health, and spiritual fitness. Here’s how these four factors are the keys to staving off memory loss.
As China grants conditional approval to a new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, we tell you about the causes, symptoms and risk factors behind the condition. Here’s how you can reduce of your chance of developing the condition.
Doctors may be not be diagnosing women as early as men with brain problems associated with early signs of dementia because of how well women typically perform on simple memory tests.
Professional soccer players may have a much higher risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s than the general population, a new study finds.
The microbes in the gastrointestinal tract influence the immune system and the brain, possibly playing a role in the development of Alzheimer’s
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