You've likely experienced it: a day when your mind just feels a bit slow — finding the right words takes effort, processing feels sluggish, and recalling information takes longer than usual. People ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billy Joel, 76, revealed Friday that he is bowing out of his 2025 tour because he has been diagnosed with the brain condition ...

I’m afraid I might be getting Alzheimer’s. How do I know if I’m developing it? Once every few weeks, I forget where I put my phone. Or I walk into a room to get something, and then suddenly wonder ...

PTSD can affect your brain in several ways, such as by causing an overactive amygdala (“fear center”) and abnormalities in the hippocampus (“memory center”). Neuroplasticity techniques offer a path to ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline and widespread brain atrophy 1. One of the greatest challenges in understanding AD is that the ...

Josephine Hessert, DO, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician in Southern California. Occasional “brain fog,” like forgetfulness or trouble focusing, is common and often tied to sleep or ...

Getting enough vitamin B12 to meet current health guidelines may not actually be enough to protect the aging brain. Researchers at UC San Francisco found that older adults with “normal” but lower ...