A unique vaccine rollout in Wales gave researchers an accidental natural experiment that revealed a striking reduction in dementia among seniors who received the shingles vaccine. The protective ...

Rep. Virginia Foxx's insane letter to a boy defending electric vehicles is getting widespread condemnation and ridicule, as it should.

Dr. Robin Heinrichs, a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, talks about an upcoming event that helps families dealing ...

I tried living in second person where someone else narrates my actions.

She continued to deny the truth, and I realized she’d told so many untrue stories to me — and herself — for so long that ...

This year's winner in NPR's College Podcast Challenge is a letter to a grandparent that grapples with health issues including ...

Despite A.I.’s many downsides, the tech is also increasingly handling menial tasks like studying brushstrokes and scouring the desert for archaeological treasures, thus enabling academics to focus on ...

In addition to 54 poems, John Keats wrote some three dozen love letters to his fiancée, Fanny Brawne. Joseph Severn painted this portrait of the poet in 1819. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons A set ...

Some vaccines, along with heart medications and other drugs, appear to have a protective benefit. By Dana G. Smith Getting your annual flu shot may come with a significant side benefit: helping to ...

It’s not just how much time you spend sitting, but what you’re doing while sitting that may affect your health. Watching television and other “mentally passive” sedentary behaviors are linked to a ...

A new study out of Japan found that older adults who practice a key mealtime habit might lower their risk of dementia by anywhere from 30% to almost 70%. In fact, if they’re beginners with low skills, ...

As someone who has witnessed loved ones suffer with dementia, I want to thank Rep. Nick Langworthy for his co-sponsorship of the Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention Act (ASAP Act) as well as the ...