Adults over the age of 65 are at increased risk of cognitive decline and developing types of neurodegenerative conditions, like Alzheimer's disease. Could certain foods and dietary patterns help ...

For years, fiber has been typecast as the nutrient that keeps digestion moving and cholesterol in check. Now a growing body of research is reframing it as one of the most powerful, and most overlooked ...

After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, ...

About two daily servings of this common crunchy snack could increase verbal memory and blood flow to the brain Getty A new study analyzed older adults who ate 60 grams of unsalted skin-roasted peanuts ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

As the global population ages, the aging of the brain and the associated risk for cognitive decline are growing public health concerns. While no single strategy can guarantee lifelong brain health, a ...

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