Each year, over half a million Americans have a stroke, but up to 80% may be preventable with better nutrition, exercise and screening.

Prescribing anti-clotting medications to adults younger than age 65 who have atrial fibrillation (AFib) but no other risk ...

Brain-training games remain unproven, but research shows what sorts of activities do benefit cognitive functioning.

A study of middle-aged adults finds that walking the dog or doing household chores is enough activity to save your brain ...

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65—more than 4%—have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain ...

Everyday physical activities, from light chores to intense exercise, provide immediate cognitive benefits for middle-aged ...

A new study suggests diagnoses have increased at a faster clip among younger adults over the past decade. Autism spectrum disorder spiked 175% among people in the U.S. from 2.3 per 1,000 in 2011 ...

“Over time, we see that children and adults who exercise have more volume in the hippocampus and an increased connection across the regions of the brain involved in thinking, planning and ...

open image in gallery An illustration of a female Hippocampus brain anatomy “Over time, we see that children and adults who exercise have more volume in the hippocampus and an increased ...

About 13% of cases of mild cognitive impairment might be avoided if all middle-aged adults exercised at least once or ... and regularly active people were 11% less likely to do so. Exercise might ...

It's possible that eventually, certain training sessions could be tailored specifically to produce boosts in brainpower, when they're needed. Workouts that involve mental as well as physical ...