A long-running study has found that dementia rates fell steadily over the past four decades, most likely due to declining rates of heart disease. Although the Framingham Heart Study involved just ...

A new international study that included faculty from UT Health San Antonio has identified five new genes linked to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published last week in ...

Researchers in San Antonio are recruiting people with mild cognitive impairment for a nationwide study to see if nicotine improves symptoms. The study is called the MIND study -- Memory Improvement ...

(CNN) -- Listen up, gen-Xers and millennials, and, well, everybody who has a brain. If you live a high-stress life, you could have memory loss and brain shrinkage before you turn 50, according to a ...

Researchers have discovered a gene linked to the risk of stroke that could lead to a better understanding of the devastating condition and how to prevent and treat it. The gene may also have a ...

The largest genetic study of stroke to date triples the number of known genetic risk factors for the disease and also should enable researchers to find novel treatments for dementia. A landmark ...

People may be deteriorating into dementia later in life and living with it for a shorter period of time, a new study suggests. The diagnosis is one that a family never wants to hear: Your father has ...

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- Listen up, gen-Xers and millennials, and, well, everybody who has a brain. If you live a high-stress life, you could have memory loss and brain shrinkage before you turn 50, ...

A study led by a UT Health San Antonio physician and several collaborating researchers has linked higher levels of the hormone cortisol to memory deficits and reduced brain size in middle-aged people.

About one in 10 older Americans experience dementia, characterized by cognitive and memory issues that are connected to a disease process, as opposed to normal aging. DALLAS — It could be as simple as ...

Listen up, gen-Xers and millennials, and, well, everybody who has a brain. If you live a high-stress life, you could have memory loss and brain shrinkage before you turn 50, according to a study ...