As the baby boom generation reaches its hopefully golden years, scientists have been projecting a doubling of dementia cases in the U.S. by 2050, alarming health care agencies, the public, and health ...

Getting a dementia diagnosis is scary. Both patients and families worry about what comes next. How long will someone live after a dementia diagnosis? This is one of the most common questions people ...

By Paula Span Joan Presky worries about dementia. Her mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years, the last seven in a memory-care residence, and her maternal grandfather developed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. Immigration crackdowns disrupt the ...

The study suggested that cholesterol-lowering statins, the most commonly prescribed drugs in the UK, also offered a boost in ...

For some, persistent daytime drowsiness can be more than just a function of getting older — it could be a warning sign of dementia. A new study has pinpointed when sleepiness during the day is a ...

A study in Neurology, led by Yue Leng, PhD, and Sasha Milton, followed the sleep patterns of 733 older female participants to see if specific patterns of change were associated with a higher risk of ...

Dr. Fletcher said that employees could suffer tremendous stress from a dementia diagnosis and disclosing this to their employer, with some developing strategies to conceal their condition. He said ...

You can get vitamin D through sun exposure as well as your diet. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in older adults. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 7 million ...

Dementia is rapidly emerging as one of the most pressing health challenges of our time, yet it remains one of the most ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one–shots that prevent painful shingles and also appear to protect aging brains.A new study found shingles vaccination cut older ...