“People have an absolute terror of losing their memory and thinking they're losing themselves,” says Lesley, who works at ...

Higher levels of inflammation are associated with damage in the brain’s white matter, according to a study of former college and professional football players published Feb. 25 in the journal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biological clock Getty Images/nambitomo Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, ...

A major new study has cast doubt on the claim that the cholesterol-lowering drugs might cause memory problems or other cognitive issues ...

Past studies in animals have shown that a highly processed diet is linked to memory problems and inflammation in the aged ...

It’s normal to occasionally forget where you left your keys, struggle to recall a new name or wonder if you’ve already taken your daily medication. “Everyone has memory slips now and again,” says ...

Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. Researchers fed separate ...

Everyone misplaces their keys occasionally or struggles to recall a name, but when does ordinary forgetfulness cross the line into something more concerning? Understanding this distinction can make a ...

Don't sweat forgetting names; it's normal! Your brain prioritizes what's important, and names often lack context, making them tricky to remember. Stress and social anxiety also hog your brainpower.

Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during slow-wave sleep (while discarding others), or the deep ...

If the neurologist Dr. Daniel Lesley sees 10 patients a day, at least half ask him the same question: Are the brain lapses they’re experiencing a normal part of ...