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New York, May 6 (IANS) Type-1 diabetes may accelerate brain ageing, resulting in slower information processing even at at an younger age, says a new research. The findings indicate that clinicians should consider screening middle-aged…

Long-term smoking could cause thinning of a vital brain part in which critical cognitive functions such as memory, language and perception take place, a new study has warned. Smoking appears to accelerate the thinning of the brain's cortex,…

Superagers - people who are aged 80 and above - have memories that are as sharp as those of healthy people, finds a research. The team from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine found that brains of 80-year-old superagers…

A new study has identified genes involved in long-term memory as part of research aimed at finding ways to retain cognitive abilities during ageing. The team from Princeton University identified more than 750 genes involved in long-term…