So-called "brain training" games may help guard against Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, a new study suggests. The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive ...

Medicare beneficiaries 65 years and older who participated in five to six weeks of cognitive speed training with follow-up sessions three years later were less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interventions included eight to 10 sessions plus boosters at 11 and 35 months and focused on processing speed, ...

A new study found that brain training exercises may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Specifically, a speed training intervention cut dementia risk by about 25%. Extended brain training may have ...

People who spent about two hours a week pinpointing flashing objects on a computer screen dramatically lowered their risk of dementia — including Alzheimer’s — 20 years later. The findings, published ...

Playing games to train your brain into a better memory may not be just the stuff of bad app-store advertising, according to a new study two decades in the making. Research published in the journal ...

Participants who completed speed-of-processing cognitive training and follow-up “booster” sessions experienced a 25 percent ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Alzheimer’s care advocates called for new state oversights and first responder training Thursday while casting a wary eye toward Washington with worries about uncertain federal ...

A caregiver for a person with Alzheimer's disease wants to be prepared, have knowledge and feel confident in the care they are providing. There are 69,000 people living with Alzheimer's in Iowa and ...

Johnson, chair of Emory University Family and Preventive Medicine, is the program co-director of the Emory University Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program. My cousin and I were signing my aunt out ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — In Harrisburg, leaders are pushing for better care for people living with Alzheimer’s, including new training for first responders. State lawmakers are trying to close the gap with ...