If you think Alzheimer’s disease happens only to older people, think again. A Chinese teenager has become the world’s youngest person to be diagnosed with the condition. Although Alzheimer’s can strike people in their 20s and 30s, the unfortunate victims in these rare cases have head trauma, a family history of the disease, or a [...]

Wouldn’t it be amazing if a few magic words could help you strengthen your memory? Well, scientists now say that speaking the words of a second language are the only magic words you’ll ever need! In fact, by simply taking steps to learn a new language you can help delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Especially [...]

The research is clear that staying socially engaged throughout middle age and beyond helps protect your memory against Alzheimer’s disease. But what about getting married and having a family? Being married continuously from mid-life onwards appears to save your memory and reduce your chances of developing dementia in old age. On the flip side, divorced [...]

Researchers made a surprising finding about another risk factor for Alzheimer’s. And the results of this brand-new research will have you tightening your helmet when you’re biking and doing what you can to avoid traumatic stress. I’m talking about the new findings of a large-scale study that revealed a direct link between Alzheimer’s-related dementia, head [...]

Memory loss is the main symptom we associate with Alzheimer’s disease. What this looks like in real life is that dementia sufferers often can’t recall recent events and learning new information becomes a struggle. It’s typically the first sign of the disease. The problems with thinking, reasoning, and language come later. But this isn’t always [...]

The mind-blowing Artificial Intelligence-powered ChatGPT, which can produce a human-like response to any task that involves language, has been making headlines since its recent release because of its remarkable capabilities. It can generate convincing articles, reports and much else on any subject. Even scientists have been fooled, unable to tell the difference between AI-generated abstracts [...]

For years Alzheimer’s disease researchers have pointed to tau proteins and amyloid beta proteins as drivers of the brain plaques behind the disease. Of course, natural doctors aren’t convinced that these proteins alone cause Alzheimer’s disease, and neither am I. There’s too much scientific evidence of older folks with brains chock full of these proteins [...]

There’s no single “key” that can explain how the body and brain age. The biological changes that accompany aging involve multiple processes that lead to increasing levels of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress, reduced ability to dispose of cellular waste, dysfunctions in energy production and metabolism, telomere shortening and more. As if the biology of [...]

You probably think zombies are only made up for scary television, movies, and books. However, that’s not entirely true… There’s a real-life zombie that can weaken your memory and lead you down the road to Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what you need to know… As cells age, their health can be compromised by a process called [...]

This must surely be the holy grail of non-invasive therapies for memory loss. You don’t feel a thing. This therapy doesn’t generate any tingling or even heat—which is surprising because it’s a laser. And this laser just sits on your head for a few minutes and the job is done. The treatment can even be [...]