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23 Ways to Boost Your Brain and Keep Your Mind Sharp at Any Age

Scientists believe genetic tweaks could significantly extend our lifespan

He was a retired factory worker, living with his wife outside a small town in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Once outgoing and sociable, engaged in local activities including a community choir, he’d been jolted by a diagnosis of early dementia.

If you feel chest pain, get to a doctor fast. Nothing you’re about to read below should dissuade you from that common-sense advice.

Weight training may have benefits for brain health, at least in rats. When rats lift weights, they gain strength and also change the cellular environment inside their brains, improving their ability to think, according to a notable new study of resistance training, rodents and the workings of their minds.

It wasn’t what you might expect to see in a grocery store: a doctor in a white coat leading a group of shoppers through the aisles, talking about diet, food choices, and supplements. But there was Adam B. Kaufman, a gastroenterologist at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, at a Whole Foods fielding questions on how to get kids to eat more vegetables, which fats are healthy fats, and whether there are advantages to using dietary supplements.

A new study suggests there may be a link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and fruit juices and the development of cancer.

One physician's candid reflections on a life in the field

Whatever your style when it comes to New Year’s resolutions, there’s one thing science can say for certain: Small changes can have a big impact.

Q. What are the effects of vitamin B12 deficiency if left untreated?

LDL levels below 70 were tied to an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke.

What do you want your 2019 to look like? Do you want to do more volunteer work?

When union plumber Lou DiOrio found a duffel-size Merrill Lynch bag inside a wall while working at a Center City construction site Friday, his mind couldn’t help but wander.

With a slow moving disease like Alzheimer’s, there’s still time for doubt. Perhaps the diagnosis is wrong and the memory holes and struggle for words are just normal aging. Deep in your psyche, there’s still a little spark of hope. But there comes a moment when denial is no longer an option. Like Alzheimer’s itself, the moment creeps up slowly, taking care to not give away too much too soon. My moment came recently, as I was walking past the Bucks County Playhouse in downtown New Hope, Pa. I correctly remembered that my husband, Tim, and I recently saw a show there. I even remembered who went with us. But I had no recollection of what show I had seen. Tim reminded me that it was “Guys and Dolls,” but the memory wasn’t there. No songs, no story, no scenes.

Nurses want to help, if states let them

HONG KONG—Prices of coconut oil have dropped by more than half over the past year as the commodity, which is high in saturated fat, has fallen out of favor in kitchens and factories. The health benefits of coconut oil have been challenged in recent years by the American Heart Association and other organizations and that has hurt demand.

More than half of e-cig users want to quit, Rutgers study finds

The global health study covered data from 1990 to 2017 across 195 countries.

Hear “healthy heart” and you might think cholesterol, blood pressure…oughta hit the gym.

Last week, America celebrated Women's Entrepreneurship Day to recognize the women innovators who have created startups, driven economic growth, and advanced communities' participation in the economy.