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Attending a high school with a high number of teachers with graduate training was the clearest predictor of the impact of school quality on late-life cognition, researchers found.

HURON – This year is shaping up to be a busy one for Alzheimer Society Huron Perth as the group prepares a lineup of programs to help educate the community.

TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Striking a better work-life balance might make you a more effective manager on the job, according to a new study.

>> extremely convenient, but they take the thinking out of it they take the brain effort out of it. and it may be doing us a disservice in the long run >> reporter: losing navigational skills can lead to cognitive decline, even dementia, but reading a map stimulating the hippocampus. >> by turning off the gps and using a map instead to navigate through unfamiliar routes, were training that part of the brain. and its less likely to decline. >> reporter: people who participate in orr yen tiering s...

Tulane’s interdisciplinary research and cross-campus collaborations have led to groundbreaking discoveries that have made lasting impacts across the region, nation and globe.

Indiana University Northwest announced a slate of free and low-cost courses open to the public Tuesday.

/CNW/ - Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Government of Canada has helped millions of Canadians, including seniors, by providing them with supports and...

$28,000 a year in cost. patients have to come in for infusions. it may be a individualized decision. i think big picture, and we talk about this a lot, we need really a multifaceted approach to alzheimers, where were targeting different aspects of the aging brain. and in fact now about 70% of the drugs that are being studied are targeting looking at other areas bu . but theres hope. guarded hope but hope. >> thank you so much for helping us understand this. it means so much to so many people. al...

In january and then they will play for full approval by april. then the big question is going to be what happens when you roll it out in the real world? does that one point difference actually translate into something meaningful for patients and families? some might argue that it may, right? giving somebody one more month, two more months, those are precious time periods where a person can function, where you can be with them, where they can recognize you. but we are also going to have to see wh...

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Racial and ethnic disparities in small vessel cerebrovascular disease are seen in midlife, according to a study published online Nov. 14 in JAMA Neurology. Indira C. Turney, Ph.D., from the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University in New York City,