A new study has found that for people with moderate hearing loss, being prescribed hearing aids had little impact on cognitive test scores. The study was published in Neurology.

Older adults with early memory problems who exercised regularly — whether through gentle stretching or brisk aerobic workouts — saw no cognitive decline over a 12-month period, according to new ...

Dear Savvy Senior: At age 70, I’ve become more and more forgetful lately and I’m concerned it may be an early sign of dementia. Are there any memory screening tools or services that you can recommend ...

That increasing forgetfulness you’ve been experiencing in your thirties isn’t an inevitable part of getting older, it’s your brain sending urgent distress signals about lifestyle factors that are ...

It’s normal to occasionally forget where you left your keys, struggle to recall a new name or wonder if you’ve already taken your daily medication. “Everyone has memory slips now and again,” says ...

Other studies to be presented at AAIC have also tied lead exposure to memory loss or dementia. One study has found that older adults who live about three miles from a lead-releasing facility are more ...

With age, our brains change just as much as our bodies do—even if the shift isn’t always as noticeable. Brain volume decreases, for example, and neural connections may weaken. These physical changes ...

You could swear you left your phone on the table near the door. And you’re having a hard time summoning up your recently changed ATM PIN. Everyone has memory glitches, but there’s no question you may ...

Have you forgotten where you put your keys? Have you forgotten the name of your paper carrier? As one gets older and forgetfulness occurs, one of the first thoughts is that dementia, such as Alzheimer ...

As a primary care physician, I often have older patients come to me worried about dementia. They tell me they've been forgetting names or where they put their keys, and they're concerned that such ...

Memory problems affect virtually everyone at some point in their daily lives, yet people often feel embarrassed or worried when they experience these perfectly normal cognitive hiccups. The human ...