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In a surprise announcement, Tom Hanks, 57, revealed on the Late Show with David Letterman that he has diabetes. While on the show to promote his new film Captain Phillips, he told Letterman that he learned at age 36 that he had high blood sugar. Recently his doctor told him: "You've graduated.…
After the alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m., each day brings a new set of challenges: deadlines and responsibility at work, AP history homework, French quizzes, soccer carpools, meetings at school, dogs that need to be walked and a hardworking husband who is rarely home before 8 p.m. My mother died in…
Hand over the console, kids. Time to give us grownups a chance at winning that video game. It's good for our brain health, really.
If you suffer from migraines, how worried should you be about a recent study that suggests the painful disorder may permanently change brain structure?
The following is a guest post by Yolanda Taylor, integrated communication director at AARP.
Does Alzheimer's confuse you? You're not alone. In fact, one of the great mysteries of modern science is the question of what actually causes Alzheimer's disease. For several years a group of Alzheimer's disease researchers have believed that metals such as iron and copper play a role. Now a new…
In yet another study linking healthy blood flow to brain health, new research finds that older adults with anemia - low levels of red blood cells - have an increased risk for dementia.
If you take medications for high blood pressure and need encouragement to stay on them, here's a great incentive: some meds that lower blood pressure may actually be helping boost brain power.
We all have moments when we wonder if we're losing our minds. Where did I park the car? What was the name of that movie? Is that girl in the store the neighbor's daughter? And most of the time we tell ourselves - and our friends and family - that these mental blips are a normal part of aging.
For years we've heard a drumbeat of frightening news about an upcoming epidemic of Alzheimer's disease and dementia poised to rob us of our mental faculties. Now two new studies say the future may not be so bleak. Even better, the new research lends credence to the theory that our behavior can…