A study published April 17 by JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery found that up to 32% of dementia cases from 2011-2019 ...

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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 ...

A study published in Nature confirmed that older adults who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over a seven‐year period compared with those who did not ...

The study suggested that cholesterol-lowering statins, the most commonly prescribed drugs in the UK, also offered a boost in protection against dementia. Cholesterol is a natural fatty substance found ...

People with a level of 140/90 mm Hg or greater were more than twice as likely to have a stroke, 20% more likely to develop dementia and 16% more likely to experience depression. Other top ...

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

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 ...

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 ...