It cost $159 billion to $215 billion in 2010 to cover the cost of formal and informal care by family and friends for those with dementia, U.S. researchers say.
Dr. Richard J. Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging, ... more

Power Foods for the Brain suggests that eating a plant-based diet and increasing how much you exercise and sleep might protect you from developing memory problems later in life.
Author and physician Neal Barnard designed and adopted this approach to ... more

Pharmacists "shouldn't get excited" about the pharmacy-only nutritional supplement Souvenaid, which claims to boost memory in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Society has warned.
The charity raised questions about the once-a-day nutritional drink, launched on January 14, ... more

After spending four miserable days in the hospital with gallstones, Chicago resident Priscilla Dias Hill resolved to improve her eating habits. Rather than working with a licensed dietitian, however, she chose a holistic health coach.
Dias Hill's coach, Chip ... more

Dieters have long been told not to consume too many calories late in the day.
Now, a new study suggests dieters who eat lunch early lose more weight than those who eat a late lunch.
"We should start to consider ... more

Folks who are just slightly overweight but have resolved to lose weight in the new year may give their plans second thoughts in the wake of a controversial new federal study.
People who are overweight by up to 30 or ... more

Most adults in the USA aren't meeting the federal physical activity recommendations for both aerobic exercise and muscle-strengthening activity, according to the latest government statistics.
About 79% of adults don't meet the physical activity guidelines that advise getting at least ... more

Here's a way to avoid gym germs to reduce the chances you'll leave a workout coughing, sneezing or itching.
Shawn McIntosh with Coverall Health-Based Cleaning System says the following places are the five germiest places in any gym.
These are ... more

You ate your weight in holiday goodies, but that was OK because you vowed to start exercising in the new year. But it's been so cold. So you say you'll start running outside in just a few weeks, when the ... more

According to the Pew Research Center, for the first time in more than four decades of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans favor legalizing the use of marijuana. A national survey finds that 52% say that the use ... more

In a new study from the National Institutes of Health, startling results showed that men who took calcium supplements were more apt to die of heart disease than those who didn't get extra calcium in supplement form.
Between 1995 and ... more

What's in your vitamin supplement? It could be more or less than you think, according to the latest study to show that what's on a supplement label is not necessarily what's in the bottle.
Researchers who tested vitamin D pills ... more