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

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 ...

Games like word games, puzzles, or card games can help create more brain neurons, which can slow the decline of cognition and memory related to dementia. Dementia causes a progressive loss of a ...

A specific type of diabetes medication has been associated with a lower risk of dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease in a study published today. The South Korean study followed 358,862 ...

A lack of diversity in genomic studies for dementia could limit the effectiveness of targeted therapies across ...

Your home address could determine the likelihood of getting a dementia diagnosis, a new study suggests. Researchers from University of Michigan Medical School analyzed Medicare claims for nearly ...

No matter what type of dementia you have, we’re here for you. Alzheimer's Society offers a range of support services. From a listening ear on the phone to a visit in person and opportunities to ...

Many older adults try strategies like doing crossword puzzles and taking supplements to stave off dementia, but do such approaches actually work? Research shows that potentially 45% of dementia ...

The following is a summary of “Frequency and Longitudinal Course of Behavioral and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Participants ...

Yet according to a new study, you are 18% more likely to obtain a diagnosis of dementia in Hartford than your sister in Springfield. How could this be? According to Medicare data, the health care ...

[15] Naming is typically impaired in dementia, and the types of errors ... Additional tests in comprehension can also include asking the definition of words to test the patient's semantic ...