Studies have found that poor grip strength was associated with a greater risk of cognitive decline and developing conditions such as dementia. Whilst this at-home test cannot definitely lead to a ...

A type of cognitive training that tests people's quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease ...

People can try to spot one of the early signs of dementia by trying to complete a test using nothing but a tennis ball and their hands. Whilst it may seem peculiar, a few minutes spent doing the test ...

One type of cognitive training appears to reduce the risk of dementia 20 years later. Even a modest amount of mental exercise appears to reduce the risk of dementia for decades. NPR's John Hamilton ...

Misplaced your keys again? Blanked on the name of your neighbor’s dog? Don’t panic: Occasional forgetfulness is a normal part of aging. But if you have a sneaking suspicion that your memory lapses ...

Carole Rainey, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, started to notice something wasn’t quite right with her husband, Bill, when he began to ramble in a way that was unlike him. He had ...

Despite a lot of advancements in our understanding of dementia over the past few decades, doctors still don’t have a reliable way to tell who will develop the devastating condition. There's been quite ...

Memory and reasoning training showed no protective effect, only speed training + follow-up sessions In A Nutshell Older ...

Among the early detection instruments, the 5 Word Memory Test is one of the straightforward yet powerful ways to find cognitive impairment.

Dementia has long been framed as an inevitable byproduct of aging, something to be managed rather than meaningfully delayed. A sprawling clinical trial of older adults now challenges that assumption, ...