NEW YORK: Brain training – playing online games that give memory and reasoning skills a workout – is beneficial for older people, a large-scale study has concluded.

Researchers found the mental exercises kept minds sharp and helped people with everyday skills such as shopping and cooking. Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Most days, New York social worker Dan Cohen gets to watch an awakening.

A pair of headphones is placed over the ears of a withdrawn and barely communicative Alzheimer’s patient, and a button is pushed.

Immediately, the patient’s eyes spring wide, a child-like grin Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Engaging in aerobic exercise over the long term may help alleviate some of the structural deterioration of the brain associated with aging.

Researchers based their findings on experiments with mice. The rodents were provided with a running wheel from 12 months old, which is Read More »

CHICAGO: Tests show just a six-week course of commonly available tablets leads to a marked improvement in mental function.

Montelukast appears to work by reducing inflammation in a part of the brain associated with learning and memory.

It is the latest drug to be “repurposed” Read More »