Vascular dementia has long been overshadowed by Alzheimer’s disease, yet it is one of the leading causes of cognitive decline in older adults and often appears alongside other forms of dementia. Now, ...

A harmful form of the tau protein, which builds up in Alzheimer's disease and similar brain disorders, can directly damage blood vessels in the brain, according to a new study by researchers at the ...

Almost half of all dementia cases can be attributed to risk factors that we can potentially influence ourselves, such as ...

For years, doctors have warned that carrying excess weight is bad for the heart and blood vessels. Now, a major body of ...

Keywords: metabolism, brain, nutrients, obesity, inflammation, dietary patterns, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, ...

Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a groundbreaking brain imaging technique that reveals ...

Cardiologist Bob Harrington talks to Mitch Elkind, chief science officer for Brain Health and Stroke at the AHA, about the ...

"It is likely that repetitive head impacts, sustained by heading the ball while playing football, contributed to CTE,” the ...