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Coffee and Tea Drinking May be Associated With Reduced Rates of Stroke and Dementia
Drinking coffee or tea may be associated with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to a study of healthy individuals aged 50-74....
4 Common Medicines Have Reversed Alzheimer’s in Mice
A study has managed to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice by administering drugs currently used to treat hypertension and inflammation in...
The Many Health Benefits of Eating Mushrooms That Are Wild – And Picking Them Doesn’t Deplete Supply
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
A pair of anthropological forces are driving humans...
Michael J. Fox Raises $1.5 Billion to Help Find a Parkinson’s Cure: ‘I Won’t Stop Until It Happens’
Michael J. Fox became globally famous after starring as Marty McFly in Back to the Future in 1985. Six years later, aged 29, he...
New Study of ‘MIND’ Diet Shows It May Improve Memory and Thinking Skills in Old Age
Aging takes a toll on the body and on the mind. For example, the tissue of aging human brains sometimes develops abnormal clumps of...
Dementia Sufferer Defies Diagnosis to Conduct Symphony Orchestra at Age 81: ‘It was magical’
A dementia suffering pianist whose spontaneous composition went viral last year has fulfilled a lifelong dream of conducting a symphony orchestra—which played his own...
Groom’s Autistic Brother Has Wedding Crowd in ‘Happy Tears’ with Emotional Speech That Went Viral (WATCH)
This is the 'best man speech ever'—given by the brother-of-the-groom who struggles socially but had everyone in tears and stitches.
23-year-old Sam Waldron announced to...
If You Have Someone to Talk to, it Could Stave Off Alzheimer’s, Researchers Find
Supportive social interactions in adulthood are important for your ability to stave off cognitive decline, a new study finds.
Researchers observed that simply having someone...
Dementia Cases Have Declined by 13% in US and Europe Every Decade Since 1988, Researchers Found
Over the past 30 years, the incidence of dementia has declined an average of 13% every decade in people of European ancestry living in...
This Grandma Turned 90 And Had a Blast at Her Princess-Themed Birthday Party – LOOK
This fun-loving gran had a blast at her 90th birthday, with a princess-themed party.
The cheerful grandmother, known as 'G-Ma' to family, looked like a...
She Spent Her Vacation Picking Up Trash Across the U.S., and Strangers Chipped in With Help and Gas
A Colorado woman has spent 23 days picking up 126 bags of trash across the country.
Having over a month off from her job at...
‘Let’s Do It:’ Alzheimer’s Patient Asks Wife to Marry Him After Falling in Love for a Second Time
Love is wonderful the second time around, but it can be all the more special if you don’t remember the first time. For Peter...
Elderly Man Gets Lessons on Hair and Make-Up to Help His Struggling Wife
A devoted 79-year-old husband visited a beauty school to get lessons in hair and make-up to help his "beautiful" wife who can no longer...
Researchers Create CRISPR ‘On-Off Switch’ to Control Inherited Genetic Problems Without Changing DNA
Scientists have figured out how to modify the unrivaled gene-editing tool CRISPR to extend its reach to the epigenome, which controls how genes are...
Movement Video Game Increased Cognitive Skills in 80-Year-olds With Severe Dementia
Cognitive motor training helps in the fight against Alzheimer’s and dementia, as demonstrated for the first time in a study by an international team...
Trying to Stop the Epidemic of Veteran Suicides, Plant Medicine Company Builds Mental Wellness Value Chain
As GNN and others have reported, the effectiveness of plant medicines like cannabis and psilocybin to treat chronic anxiety, treatment-resistant depression, and PTSD is...
Green Tea Compound Could Hold The Key to Beating Cancer, Says Compelling New Study of ‘EGCG’
Green tea has been consumed in China for 4,000 years—and one of its compounds may hold the key to staving off cancer, according to...
Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days, Suggesting Lost Cognitive Ability is Not Permanent
Just a few doses of an experimental drug that reboots protein production in cells can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in...
Researchers Discover a Breakthrough With Animal Studies That Has the Potential to Prevent Alzheimer’s
A research team at the University of Calgary has made an exciting breakthrough with the potential to prevent and reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s...
Even Moderate Socializing With Friends Could Ward Off Dementia in Older People, Study Finds
Older people who report greater levels of social engagement have more robust gray matter in regions of the brain relevant in dementia, according to...