An autopsy study of a 45-year-old former U.S. Navy crewman with severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) suggested that ...

Sleep is essential for our survival—just like food and water. Yet, almost two out of three people in the US don’t get enough ...

Deep sleep could forestall the declines in brain health that can eventually lead to Alzheimer's disease, the most common form ...

Evening habits influence brain health. Alzheimer's disease is a major concern. Avoid heavy meals before bed for better sleep.

New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

Maria Shriver helped launch a Las Vegas clinic to uncover why Alzheimer’s affects women most — and how lifestyle changes may ...

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, found that lower levels of REM and slow-wave sleep were ...

A crucial link between the brain's cleaning system and deterioration of neurons associated with Alzheimer's disease has been ...

“The vast majority of adults truly need somewhere between seven and nine hours, and we offer that range because there is a ...

After witnessing my mum's cognitive decline and with dementia now the leading cause of death for Australian women, I can't ...

Overall, it was found that those who saw a decrease in the third stage of sleep were 27% more likely to develop dementia, and ...

A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being sleep deprived – and lead to ...