Most dementia research stops in the early eighties. A new Lancet Healthy Longevity study followed 805 adults who were already 90 or older — and found that risk does not level off, while the best-known Alzheimer’s risk gene did not predict who developed dementia.

Researchers compared 142 SuperAgers over 80 with 89 peers of ordinary memory and checked their DNA. Neither APOE nor three modern Alzheimer's risk scores could tell them apart.

BrainSavers founder Dr. Paul Bendheim and other neurologists explain how a nightly drink hurts your sleep and your aging brain — and four simple ways to protect it.

Most of us know that healthy habits are good for the brain. Eat well. Move more. Stay social. But here is a bigger question: does it work better to do all of these things together, as one organized program? A major new study says yes — and the results are hard to ignore.