I believe that strong neighborhoods honor their past while building their future. By addressing the needs of our elders and youth alike, we can make Chattanooga a beacon of intergenerational energy ...

The dream of a young child from Knoxville who spent much of his early life battling a rare disease is coming true with some help from Make-A-Wish of East Tennessee.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- 39 years ago on Tuesday, America lost seven astronauts after the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded ...

A certified nursing assistant who allegedly repeatedly punched, slapped and yelled at a 90-year-old resident at a Chattanooga ...

There are two kinds of risk factors for dementia: non-modifiable and modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors are ones that cannot be changed or eliminated, like aging, family history and genetics.

My sister, brother and I lost our mom to dementia six months ago. We needed to start cleaning out the house. My brother, who ...

After pulling the Ford F-150 out of the river near Chattanooga, Tennessee, we wash it out to see if we can find any evidence to explain why it was there. Trump to enact tariffs on Mexico ...

Teenagers should be considering their dementia risk, academics say, after a new study suggested having an unhealthy childhood could affect the brain in later life. A child’s body mass index (BMI ...

The researchers also collected health data on dementia diagnoses and asked people brief questions about their memory. “Based on this data, we see that if people have higher processed red meat ...

While dementia is much more common in older adults, hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with young-onset dementia (YOD) each year, and an extensive study published in 2023 sheds some ...

The study, involving over 133,000 participants, found a 13% higher dementia risk with higher processed meat intake. Cognitive aging was accelerated by 1.6 years per daily serving of processed meat.

Share on Pinterest Processed red meat consumption is linked to a 13% higher risk of dementia, a new study found. DigiPub/Getty Images Dementia cases in the U.S. are expected to double by 2060 ...