A clinical trial suggests that low-dose lithium may slow the decline of verbal memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and amyloid-beta.

Lithium—a decades-old treatment for bipolar disorder—may hold potential neuroprotective benefits beyond mood stabilization.

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in ...

This means most older adults will be cared for by clinicians without specialized geriatric training. But older patients and families can still steer care in the right direction by using a ...

Researchers have been exploring different ways to improve memory, from mental training exercises to nutritional changes. A new study by University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers found a ...

Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.

Q. I’m a physician and have long seen studies on using the nicotine patch for multiple disorders, including memory. Since it is a naturally occurring substance, I decided to give it a try. I started ...

A bunch of people in the audience took photos of that slide. Both findings seem easy to remember, if only because the research confirms what most people feel about meetings: Most of the time, the only ...

When I was a high school student, my maternal grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. This became a reality after her husband died. My mom moved her into our home thinking we might be able to keep ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Genmab (GMAB.CO), opens new tab and its U.S. partner AbbVie (ABBV.N), opens new tab said on Friday that their drug for a type of blood cancer failed to improve the ...