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 ...

Clare summarises a retrospective cohort study exploring the relationship between alcohol consumption and risk of dementia.

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 ...

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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 ...

A new study led by Monash University has found that having abnormally high levels of HDL cholesterol—often called “good ...

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

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

Younger people with dementia experience a range of challenges, which are often different to those that older people face. Younger people are less likely to experience memory loss as one of their early ...