Research published Tuesday is the first to connect the dots between a common herpes virus, head injury, and Alzheimer's.

A groundbreaking study reveals that concussions and repetitive head injuries in sports could trigger latent viruses in the ...

Head injuries may “wake up” dormant viruses in the brain and trigger dementia, scientists believe. It is known that ...

Concussions and repetitive head trauma in sports like football and boxing, once accepted as an unpleasant consequence of ...

Researchers from Oxford’s Institute of Population Ageing and the University of Manchester, and Tufts University have found ...

A man reported missing from his Quincy, Massachusetts, home suffers from dementia and Alzheimer’s, police said Tuesday.

The Quincy Police Department is searching for 62-year-old Miguel Brito Estrada, missing since January 6th and has dementia.

Independence Blue Cross has begun excluding coverage for 18 months for therapies — but not cancer drugs — that have an ...

Repeated head injuries could trigger Alzheimer’s disease by awakening a dormant virus in the brain, a study suggests. Many ...

Miguel Brito Estrada, 62, left his residence Monday at 4:30 p.m. and was last seen about 30 minutes later near the Wollaston ...

Can delaying gratification today protect your brain tomorrow? Research suggests that the ability to resist immediate rewards ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered new insights into how the previously understudied duplicate X chromosome in ...