Difficulty finding words or the habit of substituting them with others that are similar semantically—such as knife and cutter ...

Despite a lot of advancements in our understanding of dementia over the past few decades, doctors still don’t have a reliable ...

Researchers in Edinburgh have made a significant breakthrough by studying living human brain tissue to understand how ...

A report from the Alzheimer’s Association says new treatments and blood tests could change how doctors detect and treat the ...

An estimated 7.2 million Americans ages 65 and older now have Alzheimer's dementia, up from 6.9 million last year, according ...

Health department received 2,000 dementia-related calls last year and is seeing an increase in younger-onset cases, prompting ...

These new results show that well-established risk factors and blood biomarkers for dementia appear to start affecting ...

While occasionally forgetting where you put your keys or not remembering something on your to-do list happens to all of us, ...

When Betsy Arakawa became ill, she likely cared for Gene Hackman to the end of her life. This bond is a reality for ...

Digital technology is a critical to addressing the ever-expanding burden of dementia, write Prof Dag Aarsland and Dr Antonio ...

However, that doesn't mean a simple blood test can predict dementia risk, which further emphasizes the fact that they should not be the sole test doctors rely on for assessing risk. One positive ...

Many adults aged 65 and older never receive a cognitive check during regular primary care visits. This study assessed the ...