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Adults who followed aerobic exercise guidelines showed slower brain aging on MRI, offering clues for midlife brain health.

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Some seniors may carry a protective gene that keeps their minds decades younger.

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University ...

Researchers in Canada reported in Neurology that transdermal estradiol improved episodic memory scores in postmenopausal ...

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A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

We're talking octogenarians (or older) with faculties more like their 50s. Here's what Northwestern cognition researchers found they're doing right.

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