Vascular health and cognitive decline are more connected than most people realize — and it’s more reversible than you’d expect. Most people think of vascular health as a heart issue. Blood pressure, cholesterol, arteries — that’s cardiology territory. But your brain runs on blood flow just like every other organ

One gene variant is the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s. Here’s what it means — and what you can do about it. There’s a gene that researchers now consider the single strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. It’s called APOE — apolipoprotein E. Most people have

A major JAMA study compared structured coaching to self-guided lifestyle change for cognitive protection. The results weren’t close. In July 2025, the U.S. POINTER study published its results in JAMA — the Journal of the American Medical Association. POINTER was a two-year, multi-site clinical trial testing lifestyle interventions in older

The world’s leading dementia research commission ranks hearing loss among the largest modifiable risk factors. In 2024, the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care — the most authoritative ongoing review of dementia science in the world — published its latest report identifying 14 modifiable risk factors that together