Lower levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol could mean a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a new study says.

About 1 in 3 Americans will get shingles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While most recover, it ...

It wasn't that long ago that the only way to test for Alzheimer's disease was to perform an autopsy on someone who had been ...

Spending lower proportions of time in two deep sleep stages — including REM sleep — may be linked to volume changes in ...

Several previous studies have suggested that shingles vaccinations might reduce dementia risk, but most could not exclude the ...

The findings suggest that the shingles virus might play a role in causing at least a subset of dementia cases, Geldsetzer says, and the vaccine may protect against that. Alternatively, it could be ...

Lowering your “bad” cholesterol might be doing more than just protecting your heart, it could also be safeguarding your brain ...

Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience vision changes instead of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease, finds a new ...

More than 33,000 residents over the age of 65 in Bexar County are currently living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, a ...

Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.