When memory starts slipping, stroke probably isn’t your first concern. But certain thinking and memory clues in our 60s were linked to substantially higher stroke risk — giving us good reason to question what we dismiss as senior moments.

A weekly dance class may do more than lift your spirits and keep you moving. For people with Parkinson’s, it may help preserve abilities that often decline as the condition progresses. And you don’t need perfect balance to get started.

Stress doesn’t always end when your day does. Its biological effects can reach areas of the brain involved in memory and thinking. And, oddly enough, show up in our saliva to offer an overlooked clue about brain aging.

Selenium plays a role in many bodily processes, including reproduction, thyroid function, and protecting the body from free radicals and infection. But what it can do to slow brain aging got our attention, even in the event of stroke…

One reason Alzheimer’s disease is such a dreaded diagnosis is there’s no effective treatment to halt its progression. But one research team has found potential in medications that have been used for years to treat other conditions that appear to reverse it. But is the answer in the medications or the conditions themselves?

Poor sleep and memory changes often show up together. New research suggests one familiar vitamin may matter more than expected during this early window of cognitive change — but the dose linked to the strongest result may surprise you.