A surprising discovery about how brain cells handle sugar could shift how scientists approach dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

A new brain scan tool shows how quickly your body and mind are aging. It can spot early signs of diseases like dementia, long ...

Any high school reunion is a sharp reminder that some people age more gracefully than others. Some enter their older years still physically spry and mentally sharp. Others start feeling frail or ...

A 2025 study identified stress as one of 17 overlapping factors that affect the odds of developing any brain disease, ...

University of Tennessee assistant professor Dr. Fei Wang's latest research, published in Research on Aging, uncovers how resilience plays a key role in shaping mental health outcomes among U.S.

New research reveals that sugar metabolism in brain cells may be a crucial defense against Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

Imagine a tool to measure how fast you’re aging… while you’re still reasonably healthy. From a single MRI of your head, ...

A new tool developed by researchers can estimate how fast someone is aging by analyzing a single MRI brain scan, predicting ...

We really think of it as hopefully being a key new tool in forecasting and predicting risk for diseases, especially Alzheimer ...

Scientists found that brain cells can tap a hidden sugar stash to clean up the toxic proteins behind Alzheimer’s. By kick-starting an enzyme called GlyP, they reroute stored sugar into a protective ...

One MRI scan can now reveal how quickly you're aging. Faster aging links to poor memory, chronic illness, and earlier death.