Last month, two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife of more than 30 years, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were both ...

The brain of a US woman with Down syndrome showed the classic signs of Alzheimer’s disease upon her death, yet she remained ...

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A new study from Lund University suggests that traumatic brain injury (TBI) may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease by altering ...

An estimated 42% of U.S. adults aged 30 years or older have periodontitis, with about 7.8% of those adults having severe ...