There is new evidence that a vaccine available right now to prevent shingles can also lower your risk for dementia.

9NEWS Medical Expert Dr. Payal Kohli has this week's health headlines.

A vaccine designed to help protect you from an extremely painful viral infection has another important benefit. A new study ...

A new study published in JAMA Neurology found an increased chance of dementia among people who required an emergency room visit or hospitalization due to marijuana use, CNN reports.

Nearly 7 million people are living with Alzheimer's in the U.S. and that number is expected to jump to more than 13 million by 2050.

A nursing assistant at a Gillette senior living center was formally charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter for the ...

Researchers agree that sleep allows the brain to rest, repair itself, and remove all the toxins that can accumulate during ...

Tips to tackle all 14 risk factors. Researchers emphasize that interventions should happen as early in life as possible. But ...

Neurologists know that exercise benefits the brain by increasing blood flow and ferrying oxygen to it. Even a small dose of ...

Middle-aged people in the United States experience more loneliness than seniors, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal ...

MUKILTEO, Wash. — The Mukilteo Police Department is asking for the public to keep an eye out for a missing elderly man.

Digitally engaging with technology correlated to a 58% lower risk of cognitive impairment, contrary to fears of “digital ...