Symptoms of dementia can start to develop in the brain decades before they begin to disrupt daily life. However, scientists ...

Your brain doesn't have to age on autopilot. New research shows we can slow—and potentially reverse—brain aging.

A new study suggests that following the MIND diet may reduce your dementia risk by as much as 25%. Varying risk reductions were seen even for people who started the diet relatively late in life. The ...

Your diet plays an important roll in just about everything your body does. This includes your brain's health. While not the sole cause, these snack foods can increase your risk of developing dementia.

A large Swedish study reported a lower risk of dementia among middle-aged and older adults who consumed higher amounts of ...

Dementia is the health condition that almost half of us fear the most. So it’s no surprise that scientists are trying to pin down which everyday habits might raise or lower our risk. This week, a ...

Cheese can be part of a brain-healthy diet and might even help lower dementia risk, researchers in Sweden have concluded.

Surprising Swedish study of 27,670 adults finds high-fat cheese and cream linked to lower dementia risk over 25 years of ...

As of 2021, about 57 million people around the world were living with dementia, with 60–70% of those cases being Alzheimer’s disease. In 2015, researchers at Rush University Medical Center developed ...

A long-running study shows how genes, diet, and metabolism interact to shape dementia risk, with the Mediterranean diet offering protective pathways for those most vulnerable. In a recent study ...

A new study suggests that a specific diet could lower your dementia risk. Researchers analyzing data from nearly 93,000 American adults found that those who closely followed the MIND diet had a 9 ...

Share on Pinterest Some diets, such as the Mediterranean diet, may decrease dementia risk in older adults. Claudia Totir/Getty Images Many factors can affect a person’s risk of developing dementia ...