memory loss

Study: Electric boost helps brain to learn better Associated Press

Age-related memory loss is widely believed to begin around the age of 60, but new research suggests that memory and other mental declines may commonly occur decades earlier.

Older adults who have thinking and memory problems known as cognitive impairment are at a higher risk of death, new research has found.

A new blood test for Alzheimer's disease is 96% accurate at identifying the disease and can perhaps detect it even before symptoms such as memory loss appear, says the test's developer.

Brain and blood chemistry changes indicative of Alzheimer's disease can be detected 10 to 20 years before memory loss and other cognitive symptoms develop, according to doctors studying families with inherited forms of the disease.

(University of Southern California) After short-term exposure to vehicle pollution, mice showed significant brain damage -- including signs associated with memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.

Women aren't the only ones who have to worry about shifting hormones wrecking havoc as they age. Scientists say some men also suffer from a menopause-like condition as they get older.

Older people with large waistlines, high blood pressure, and other risk factors for a condition called metabolic syndrome may be at greater peril for experiencing memory loss, a new French study suggests.

(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) The combined results of a genetic blood test and a five-minute functional MRI done by Wayne State University researchers successfully classified more than three-quarters of healthy older adults, many of whom were destined to develop cognitive decline within 18 months of testing.

Emotions may persist long after the actual memory of an experience dies, according to a new study that may have important implications for caregivers of people with memory loss, like amnesia or Alzheimer’s disease.