Sleeping fewer than 4.5 hours and more than 6.5 hours per night is associated with cognitive decline, according to researchers. In a recent study published in Oxford Academic's Brain, a team from the ...

Getting an education is important for a lot of reasons, but there might be one reason you haven’t heard - it could lower your risk of dementia later in life. Decades of research have supported this ...

An international study published in the journal Nature Medicine casts doubt on the widespread belief that higher levels of formal education directly protect against cognitive decline and brain aging.

Individual variations in cognitive performance based on fluctuating glucose levels were observed, necessitating further research on the topic. Previous reports have indicated that hypoglycemia and, to ...

Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough – particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for ...

For better cognitive performance of patients with CKD or ESKD, hemoglobin level should be above 11.0 mg/dL. Cognitive impairment correlates with hemoglobin levels in patients with chronic kidney ...

With more older adults staying behind the wheel longer than ever, understanding how early cognitive changes affect driving ...

Children who grow up in stressful environments often have elevated levels of "the stress hormone” cortisol, which can impair cognitive development. New research shows that some children growing up ...