Achievement play is when you’re playing for the point of winning. Winning is what makes it valuable. Striving play is when ...

B.K. Borison is taking us back to Baltimore for another Heartstrings series book and this time we’re following everyone ...

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The “J’s Breakfast” stands as a monument to morning indulgence – eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, a slice of ham, pancakes or toast, ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research. Surprisingly, it wasn't memory or problem-solving tasks that ...

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for ...

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

Forget crossword puzzles. New government-backed research suggests an “unconscious” brain exercise may do more to shield aging ...

‘Kind of amazing.’ A brain game can cut dementia risk by 25 percent, study shows.

A large, 20-year trial showed that speedy cognitive exercises could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of ...

The researchers found that older adults who completed a specific speed-training exercise were significantly less likely to develop dementia. Others aren’t so sure.