LOS ANGELES: Preventable risk factors may be the cause of Alzheimer’s in as many as two thirds of cases, according to a new analysis. The study did not find that any single risk factor causes Alzheimer’s. Rather, the degenerative disease results from the complex interaction of Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Noticing that you’ve forgotten something, sometimes called ‘a senior moment’ can be frustrating, but new research suggests the fact that you’re aware of your forgetfulness may be a good thing.

A US study has found that older adults who will go on to develop Read More »

PHILADELPHIA: A major investigation into scores of claims made in psychology research journals has delivered a bleak verdict on the state of the science.

An international team of experts repeated 100 experiments published in top psychology journals and found that they could reproduce only 36% Read More »

LOS ANGELES: How amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) destroys motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord remains a mystery. Now, scientists are converging on an explanation, at least for a fraction of the ALS cases caused by a mutation also associated with a kind of dementia. Read More »