Drug use in adolescence is often linked to later substance-abuse problems, but a new study suggests that a key risk factor is a combination of weak working memory and difficulties with impulse control ...

A growing body of medical evidence reveals that certain widely prescribed medication combinations may be silently stealing memories from millions of Americans who remain completely unaware of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nootropics are touted as “smart drugs” meant to improve cognitive performance. But there’s a lot we still don’t know about them.

Fampridine, a drug used to improve walking in people with multiple sclerosis, may also improve working memory in certain healthy individuals. The findings pave the way for potential new treatments for ...

Is memory loss interfering with your daily life? Most people are familiar with some of the things that can impair memory, including alcohol and drug abuse, head injuries, stroke, sleep deprivation, ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco and at Gladstone Institutes have identified a combination of two anticancer drugs that the researchers suggest may reverse the changes that occur in the brain during ...

Read part 1 of Jon's story. Drugs can't stop Alzheimer's disease yet. But sometimes, they can slow it down. "Things have just plateaued," says Myra Solano Garcia, 66, who developed memory problems in ...