Memory problems affect virtually everyone at some point in their daily lives, yet people often feel embarrassed or worried when they experience these perfectly normal cognitive hiccups. The human ...

If the neurologist Dr. Daniel Lesley sees 10 patients a day, at least half ask him the same question: Are the brain lapses they’re experiencing a normal part of ...

It’s normal to occasionally forget where you left your keys, struggle to recall a new name or wonder if you’ve already taken your daily medication. “Everyone has memory slips now and again,” says ...

Memory used to be something people worried about after 60. Today, many professionals in their early and mid-30s quietly admit something unsettling. Names slip away. Passwords vanish from the mind. A ...

Forgetfulness is common and happens to most people, including memory champions. Distraction, fatigue, depression, anxiety, absentmindedness, and many other factors may contribute. Luckily, most memory ...

Health experts have identified two subtle signs that could potentially indicate the early onset of dementia. These seemingly minor symptoms can gradually develop over time and may be indicative of a ...

That bottle of pills in the medicine cabinet might be helping one health problem while quietly creating another. Millions of Americans take prescription medications daily without realizing these drugs ...

Heads up: A lot of what you think you know about your brain is wrong. From sleep scams to multitasking myths, bad advice is steering Americans off course — and it’s messing with their minds. To cut ...

Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. Researchers fed separate ...

Asthma is associated with memory problems in children, a new study has found. Further, the early onset of asthma might worsen potential memory deficits in kids, researchers found. This is the first ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...