When dementia is diagnosed early on, there are more treatment and management options.Dr. Sudha Seshadri — the founding director of the Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases institute at UT Health ...

A new study suggests that people who develop dementia tend to have lower body weight and smaller waist sizes years before ...

The survey findings come as a leading geriatric medicine specialist revealed the four factors that could help ward off dementia, which affects people’s cognitive function. Dementia is an umbrella term ...

Here's another way of potentially postponing the onset of dementia and reducing dementia risk: cultivating an active social ...

When people think about cognitive decline, they often imagine the obvious symptoms: forgetfulness, confusion, or difficulty ...

Nothing arouses the ire of nursing home consumer advocates like the term antipsychotics. A class of medications that was ...

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy ...

Adults in their 70s with dementia experienced faster weight loss in the decade before diagnosis than their cognitively ...

As part of a nationwide initiative, a care home in Waterlooville is inviting local people to its free dementia advice event.

In Missouri, 122,300 people age 65 and older live with Alzheimer's Disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

Children at primary schools are learning about dementia by hearing first-hand from local people with the condition. John Hyde, 68, was diagnosed with dementia when he was 59 and regularly visits ...

On a biological level, ageing is the result of the build-up of cellular and molecular damage in the body over time. The ...