NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (UPI) --People with Parkinson's disease fear developing dementia, but their risk may be less than once believed, or it could strike later than expected in the movement disorder's ...

Try thinking of dementia differently, Dr. G. Allen Power urged nursing home leaders, professional caregivers and people who help spouses diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. In an Oxnard conference ...

In an Oxnard conference Thursday, the physician who helps lead a care movement asked people not to define dementia as a disease that can be treated with medication designed to alter behavior.

Joan Presky worries about dementia. Her mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years, the last seven in a memory-care residence, and her maternal grandfather developed dementia, too.

Most medical experts define dementia as a collection of symptoms—such as life-impairing loss of memory, language and other cognitive functions—that stem from the degradation of brain cells.

Dementia — the progressive decline in thinking, remembering and reasoning skills — affects about one in 10 Americans 65 and older. The neurocognitive disorder accounts for more than 100,000 ...

Improved recognition of dementia as a major non-communicable disease by multilateral organizations is crucial, to build awareness and increase funding to tackle this insidious illness.