The new estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: After age 55, people have ...

In a study published in the journal Neurology, Dr. Daniel Wang, an assistant professor of medicine at the Brigham and Women’s ...

Dementia cases in the U.S. are expected to double by 2060, with an estimated one million people diagnosed per year, according ...

A talent contest with a difference aims to show there is life after a dementia diagnosis. All the contestants performing at ...

Experiencing depression as an older adult can indicate that a person has dementia, according to a new study.

As America ages, the number of people diagnosed with dementia is expected to double every year, reaching more than 1 million ...

According to a new study published on Jan. 13 in “Nature Medicine,” the risk of developing dementia is increasing in the ...

During the winter months, it is crucial to be extra mindful of loved ones with Alzheimer's and dementia. According to the ...

And though drugs that have some effect on Alzheimer’s disease, dementia’s most common manifestation, have recently been ...

Teenagers and their parents had better watch out. An unhealthy lifestyle in childhood has been linked to the onset of ...

Other potential earlier warning signs of the cognitive impairments that lead to dementia include loss of visual sensitivity, ...

China has rolled out a national action plan to address senile dementia, which poses significant challenges to the well-being ...