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 ...

Carbohydrates don’t just fuel the body—they may also influence how the brain ages. A large long-term study found that diets high in fast-acting carbs that rapidly raise blood sugar were linked to a ...

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 ...

It’s May Day weekend, and much of Europe is celebrating spring — and the sanctity of flowers. We wanted to do that, too. Photographs and Reporting by Lauren Jackson I am the host of Believing. There ...

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Jay Leno has entertained millions of people over the years. But nothing has mattered as much as keeping the love of his life smiling. "Nothing was more fun than making my mom laugh or pleasing my mom, ...

Alzheimer’s disease is now in the age of treatment. In the last few years, the FDA has approved several drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s in its earliest stages. Just as with cancer and heart ...