Understanding dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is essential for maintaining a proactive approach to our well-being.

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

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

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

Higher consumption of green tea, but not coffee, was associated with fewer cerebral white matter lesions in prospective ...

Older studies estimated a lower risk of dementia. According to new research, the number of people living with the disease in ...

New research suggests that the risk for developing dementia is significantly higher than previously estimated, and the burden ...

Dartmouth Health is the only health care system on the East Coast to be part of the newly launched Brain Health Navigator ...

The finding has implications for all of us, write Harvard physician-researchers Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

It’s a brand-new year, and each year kicks off with Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in January. This year, we’re sharing 10 ...

Mild chronic small vessel disease, or cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), is an umbrella term for a range of conditions ...

Winter weather can present significant dangers for the more than 266,000 Illinois residents living with Alzheimer’s.