Dementia is a condition that makes someone unable to remember things, think clearly or make decisions. About 6.7 million people in the United States have some degree of dementia or ...

Cognitive functioning affects how people think and their ability to remember things. Impairment in this area of brain health may cause a decline in how someone responds to their environment mentally ...

Cancer related cognitive impairment in patients can stem from the cancer itself as well as the therapies used to treat it.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are, respectively, the oldest and second oldest presidents in American history. As both attack each other over their mental acuity in the 2024 election, they have also ...

Mild cognitive impairment—lapses such as missing appointments, losing things, and having trouble finding the words to describe something—affects millions of older adults across the United States. Yet ...

Trump gets a lot of things wrong when he talks about cognitive tests. He recently bragged to journalists that he “aced” one, and said the doctors at Walter Reed told him no president had taken a ...

If you have mild cognitive impairment (MCI), you may be worried that your condition will progress to dementia. But rest assured, the shift to dementia is not necessarily inevitable. It depends on what ...

The test administered to former President Rodrigo Duterte was a straightforward and simple memory challenge, designed to be ...

Post-operative cognitive decline, or dysfunction (POCD), is a recognized clinical phenomenon in which patients experience lasting cognitive impairment for some time following anesthesia. Cognitive ...

Recent research suggests that phone, computer, and tablet use may start to protect your brain health after a certain age. Here's what you need to know.