"The combined amount of evidence implicates sleep in a bi-directional relationship with dementia, meaning that poor sleep ...

Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during slow-wave sleep (while discarding others), or the deep ...

Experts urge pre-surgery brain screening to spot cognitive impairment and reduce postoperative delirium, or POCD, in older ...

Challenge your mind. Like a muscle, the brain strengthens with use. Mander suggests learning a new language, playing music, doing puzzles or pursuing mentally demanding hobbies to help reinforce ...

When most individuals are exposed to the term Alzheimer's disease, they immediately associate it with declining memory and ...

By boosting the activity of cellular 'power stations' in the brains of mice with a dementia-like condition, an international team of researchers has reversed pathological memory loss.

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 ...

Top dementia expert Professor Jonathan Schott, who is leading the trial, said: “If someone's mild memory problems are actually due to depression or poor sleep - that's very different to if they are ...

As we age, mild memory lapses are often normal, caused by stress, fatigue, or busy routines. Dementia, however, involves ...

Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. Researchers fed separate ...

The memory of 150 overweight people was tested. April 15, 2011 -- Losing weight may be more than just good for your heart. New research indicates it also can improve your memory. According to a study ...