People who did a lot of physical activity between 45 and 64 had much lower odds of developing dementia – even when they ...

Texas voters on Tuesday are on track to approve Proposition 14, the constitutional amendment that both establishes a Dementia Prevention and Research Institute ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Senators passed legislation Wednesday toward creating the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT), an initiative that will infuse $3 billion of state money ...

How much of an impact does dementia have on the world’s population? According to a report released this year by the nonprofit ...

Where you live in the United States could play a role in whether you get a timely diagnosis of dementia, a new study says. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Where you live in the United States could ...

In the United States, significant numbers of adults with dementia require long-term care services. For example, around 750,000 people who live in nursing homes have a diagnosis of dementia. However, ...

About 5.8 million people in the United States were living with Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia, in 2020 — a number that is expected to triple by 2060, according to the Centers for Disease ...

CLEVELAND—Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes ...

Jennifer Yokoyama is a geneticist and neuroscientist interested in how genomic variation contributes to brain structure and function in aging and neurodegenerative disease in diverse populations.

Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, affects over 7 million Americans aged 65 and older, with projections estimating nearly 13 million cases by 2050.

UC Davis neurology professor Charles DeCarli stands outside his research lab in Davis in March. His team was five years into a seven-year, $53 million dementia research project when he received notice ...