The number of cases of dementia in the U.S. is rising as baby boomers age, raising questions for boomers themselves and also ...

Alzheimer’s is just one form of dementia. Here is a good definition of Dementia from Web MD. Dementia causes problems with thinking, memory, and reasoning. It happens when the parts of the brain used ...

The eleven Principles of Validation Therapy, created by the late Naomi Feil and discussed in her book, “The Validation Breakthrough,” define the types of actions or behaviors one should use when ...

Some experts speculate that vaccinations activate the immune system in a way that wards off or slows dementia processes.” We don't hear much about shingles, so I was shocked to discover that ...

The constitutional definition of competence involves defendants ... who also said Hecker had dementia but wasn’t providing the court-ordered report. The DA’s office did not respond to a ...

Can the food you put on your plate really help you avoid dementia? According to one specialist, the degenerative brain condition that affects nearly a million people in the UK - with Alzheimer's ...

These 12 questions can help assess your risk for dementia, stroke and depression, and identify ways to reduce it. By Dana G. Smith Illustrations by Ana Galvañ What can I do to take good care of ...

About 40% of people over 65 who have suspected dementia are not diagnosed with it in the UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK says. That’s hard news to hear, given that a diagnosis can help those with ...

But dementia causes neurodegeneration, and depending on the disease type, the structural changes can occur in the parts of the brain involved with regulating emotions and impulses. Medical care ...

Diabetes drugs that cost £1 a day and are already available on the NHS could prevent the onset of dementia, a BMJ study has found. A class of drugs used to treat diabetes, called sodium-glucose ...