Researchers explored the associations between abdominal fat depots and cognition and brain volume, as well as whether sex influences this association.

A night spent dreaming can help you forget the mundane and better process the extreme, according to a new University of California, Irvine study. Novel work by researchers in the UC Irvine Sleep and ...

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More than 20,000 volunteers have been recruited to a resource aimed at speeding up the development of much-needed dementia ...

A barrister who fell asleep during a coroner’s inquest has been cleared of all professional misconduct charges.

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The research suggests that dreams actively transform emotional responses by reducing next-day emotional reactivity.

Menopausal hormonal changes and vascular risk factors have been implicated in risk for Alzheimer disease. Researchers studied the link between age at menopause, vascular risk, and prospective ...

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It’s been a roller-coaster ride for three decades at Eli Lilly and Co. in trying to develop a treatment for Alzheimer’s ...

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