Air pollution particles may do more than irritate your lungs, they may affect your brain. If you’re 40+, a simple home appliance that cleans your air may also rev up your brain. Here’s what the study found and how to put cleaner air to work for a healthier brain as you age.

New research suggests the kind of fat you eat may matter more than the amount when it comes to insulin resistance. Here’s why one common fatty acid may worsen blood sugar control — and another may help protect it.

Some forms of dementia may not begin in the brain. In fact, researchers say up to one in three cases are linked to conditions elsewhere in the body, pointing to modifiable factors that may help reduce your risk of losing precious memories.

As you get older, you may lose some of your mental sharpness. You may choose a supplement to support memory and cognition. But it’s important that you’re taking the right ones, otherwise, you may sacrifice much more…

Maintaining good health shouldn’t be a trade-off. But it’s not uncommon to take a medication for one problem, only for it to lead to another. For one popular type of heartburn medication, the list of consequences just keeps growing…

Losing weight, like so many things, gets harder with age, while packing the pounds on seems to get only easier. Lucky for us, one of our favorite nuts may be the answer. New research says it’s powerful enough to be designated a superfood…