Flavonoid-rich foods like berries can enhance cognitive function and happiness across the lifespan, especially in healthy and cognitively impaired individuals.
In a discovery that could hasten treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a harbinger in the blood of some people who later went on to develop the disease.
Researchers identified key risk factors and genetic influences impacting a specific brain network vulnerable to aging, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease.
In a recent study published in the journal BMJ, a team of French researchers investigated the association between progestogen use and the risk of benign central nervous system tumors such as intracranial meningioma among women.
A recent study in the journal Hypertension Research investigates whether patients with hypertension are at a higher risk of developing dementia.
The consequences of chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) may extend well beyond physical discomfort, potentially leading to faster aging of the brain, new research showed.
The present study published in Nature Mental Health obtained food-liking data from the United Kingdom (UK) Biobank. A total of 181,990 participants who completed a food-liking questionnaire were included. The mean age of the participants was 70.7 years, and about 57% were female.
Researchers linked midlife stress and childhood trauma to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and neuroinflammation.
Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease associated with an impaired ability to think, remember, or make decisions. Since dementia has a long pre-clinical stage, early diagnosis is crucial.
Recently published in JAMA Neurology, a longitudinal cohort study showed that offspring of women with epilepsy exposed to levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, and lamotrigine had the lowest prevalence of major congenital malformations (MCMs) compared with other antiseizure medications (ASMs). These findings may help guide clinicians for safer treatment...
